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Between the Courses of Instruction catalogue, CUE guide and Handbook for Students, Harvard freshmen get bombarded with an intimidating 2,590 pages of academic jargon before they even start their classes. But this past year, for the first time, they had some hired help in navigating the mess: their Peer Advising Fellows (PAFs).The Peer Advising Fellows Program, designed to replace the Prefect Program, specifically trains the PAFs to give academic advice as well as social support. It attempts to facilitate strong relationships between freshmen and upperclassmen, allowing the freshmen to seek help from those close to them...
...critical that Harvard be in the forefront of scientific learning.” The chair of organismic and evolutionary biology, Andrew A. Biewener, echoed Knowles’ sentiments and reiterated his call for growth in the sciences. In terms of investing in the sciences, “compared to peer institutions, Harvard lags,” said Biewener, who is the Lyman professor of biology. In his letter, Knowles—a chemist—wrote that many people, including the University’s top governing bodies, have concluded that “FAS has systematically underinvested in science...
...proposition. The UC’s proposal calls for beginning the 2008-2009 school year 13 days earlier in September and ending the fall exam period on Dec. 22. The proposed calendar also preserves reading period and ends the academic year earlier in May, bringing Harvard in line with peer universities. The highlight of the plan is an extended winter break that lasts until Jan. 19—thus eliminating the stress of looming papers and exams during vacation. These changes would also, according to the UC’s research, have such diverse yet salutary effects as helping ameliorate...
...relied on her faith and returned to Columbine that fall for her senior year, becoming a peer counselor. When she enrolled in college, she initially pursued her ambition to teach. But soon she decided that she could make a difference among young people in another way, and became a speaker and author. In her book Marked for Life, she writes about how Columbine became a pivotal point in her life, and she has been invited to speak at schools around the world about the tragedy...
...Let’s start with the facts. Nearly four years into launching our deterrence campaign from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), there likely are few college students out there who don’t know that downloading from unauthorized peer-to-peer (P2P) systems is illegal. Moreover, these days there are also innovative legal online music services like Ruckus, which offers free and legal music to any college student in the country...