Word: problem
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...students' lives. Students who seek to change this usually unbending institution quickly learn that the Harvard that affects undergraduates is not one amorphous blob, but three interrelated but highly independent bodies of University, Faculty and College. Under this conception of Harvard, every question has an external answer, every problem has a responsible administrator. Harvard employees need a living wage? Lobby President Neil L. Rudenstine. Like your improved financial aid package? Thank Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles. Are Harvard students happy? Ask Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis...
...problem with this kind of synthesis is that it is too pat, too easy for those coming from each perspective to only pay lip service to the other. If believing in synthesis means accepting that individualism and structure are two points on a continuum rather than two mutually exclusive camps, where one places one-self on the spectrum can still be largely a product of personal experience. Harvard individualists are likely to internalize happiness and successes and reduce the importance of structure, "Since I made Phi Beta Kappa/got into the Advocate/have a boyfriend, you could have also if you wanted...
...students, are a finicky bunch. We resent rules and scoff at the antiquated notion of in loco parentis, but at the same time demand that our deans and administrators pay careful attention to our needs. We're suspicious of authority but turn to University Hall whenever there's a problem with life at the College. We love complaining but are wary of giving even an inch of recognition to the men and women who make our undergraduate experience what...
...almost always scheduling" that is the problem, Davis says. "It's a complicated time to get people...
...penalty. Is there a disconnect there? Maybe, maybe not. Stun belts, too, have their justifications, but the image -- the wave of the judge's hand, the bailiff and his remote control, the instantly prostrate, urinating defendant -- is enough to give any supposedly civilized democracy a bit of a p.r. problem...