Word: presentation
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...proctor meetings. Contrary to popular belief, the term "proctor" does not derive from the Greek proktos, meaning anus. Instead, it comes from the Middle English procutour, meaning "one who holds meetings until at least half of those present fall asleep." Our proctor--and this is not a joke--once took 15 minutes to tell us not to throw oranges out of our windows at passing administrators...
...present form, the proposal by the prestigious architectural firm of Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown would turn the Union into offices, seminar rooms and a graduate student center, says Peter J. Riley, project manager for the HRE study Memorial Hall would house a dining hall, restaurant, grill and general meeting spaces. Student organizations currently holding space in Memorial Hall would relocate to spaces left by departments moving into the humanities center...
...fact for students is this: a community does not learn to resolve the past's legacy of anger and injustice by ignoring the problem in the present. We cannot understand our neighbor if we never see him. That only 1.8 percent of Harvard's just under 400 senior faculty are Black is troubling, nearly outrageous...
...problem extends beyond the present. The lack of academic role models for underrepresented groups only guarantees the dearth of future academics, as admitted in the case of women by the Government department last month...
...problem extends beyond the present. The lack of academic role models for underrepresented groups only guarantees the dearth of future academics, as admitted in the case of women by the Government department last month...