Word: prefect
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...appropriateness of the dean's sparse remarks warrants underscoring. The blossoming of young love doesn't justify fundamental changes in the prefect program, and shouldn't even come as a surprise. To react to it in either fashion would be naive...
Some might even argue that no one should be concerned at all that, as one prefect described the situation, "Two [affairs] have happened. I wouldn't be surprised if there are more. The numbers say if two have gone out in eight weeks, more are going to go out in the remaining 24 weeks on the academic calendar...
...MOSES AND others with Ed. D's to back up their opinions say the extra-vigorous introduction to Harvard a Cupid-skewered prefect will happily give his or her chosen freshperson will make it a bit more difficult for a proctorial unit's other residents to get the attention they deserve. Clearly, having a roommate who is having an affair with your prefect makes things a bit awkward...
...admonition against engaging in sexual or even platonic love affairs with their advisees that Moses gave the prefects at their principle training session--at 7:30 a.m. the first Saturday of Freshman Week--has been humorously recounted by many of those who attended. Some would say the joke is on Moses, who has day-to-day responsibility for running the prefect program and therefore must deal with any conflicts as they arise...
According to prefects, the command "not to get personally involved" made up the bulk of their "training" to deal with romantically-inclined freshmen. In fact, the prefect who was reassigned says he missed that first meeting and consequently never found out dating one's advisees was prohibited...