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Free stuff is good 365 days of the year. For shopping period this year, Harvard University Health Services (UHS) and the Office of the Dean of the College designed free day-planners for any and all undergrads who would take one. The planners were distributed by Community Health Initiative reps, who, with their never-ending supply of slap bracelets, are quickly becoming fixtures of House life. The planners are incredibly useful for Harvard students and their million and one activities each day. Furthermore, the planners encourage dialogue about sex, mental illnesses, drugs, and gender issues. The sections in the back...
Despite these many wonderful features, the planner does have some advice and comments that are funny, ironic, or just plain bewildering. So while we do not want to seem critical of the planner, we would be remiss if we did not point out some of the book’s more interesting aspects...
...suggestions is to “talk to complete strangers.” Only at a place like Harvard would administrators have to coax students into interacting with their peers. But the advice that follows shows that the administration is perhaps as socially inept as the student body. The planner continues: “Talk to complete strangers in the dining hall and the library.” The library seems an odd place to begin a conversation with someone you don’t know...
What’s more, some of the possible topics for discussion the planner suggests are food and the weather. And this is all intended to get students to learn about race, culture, and ethnicity...
Kathy Spiegelman, the University’s chief planner and director of the Allston Initiative, will be “dividing” her time between the new group and Harvard Planning, according to Vice President for Administration Sally Zeckhauser. Spiegelman, who in her role as director of the Allston Initiative reported to Zeckhauser, was travelling yesterday and did not return a call for comment...