Word: proctor
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Quality advising at Harvard, especially during freshman year, is mostly a matter of random chance. Unless lucky enough to be assigned to a knowledgeable and interested professor or a proctor who happens to be a Harvard College graduate, first-years are stuck with advisers—from professional school administrators to first-year graduate student proctors—who know little about the Harvard system. Freshmen quickly learn that the best academic advice comes not from professors or proctors, but upperclassmen who are far more in touch with their concerns. Though Associate Dean of Advising Programs Monique Rinere?...
...hundreds of companies have opened up forums and problems to the global community through the “innovative” idea of “sharing,” receiving a variegated slew of expert and not-so-expert opinions from the world over. Corporations from Boeing to Proctor & Gamble have gotten ahead by using mass collaborative efforts, and “Wikinomics” is not hesistant at all about sharing many, many, many examples of such success.Did I mention that there are many examples? “Wikinomics” could very well have been renamed...
Last week, another entry was added to the esoteric lexicon of Harvard students, accompanying “concentration,” “comp,” “intersession” and “proctor:” the “secondary field.” We commend the Faculty—and particularly the Educational Policy Committee (EPC)—for quickly implementing the Harvard equivalent of minors, which have the potential to become integral parts of the curriculum. We hope, however, that students will not treat secondary fields as a de facto...
...bulging muscles to rescue you from captivity. 2) Tap frantically on any and all pipes in the room in the attempt to get the attention of any neighbors using their restrooms/sinks/kitchen appliances. 3) Scale the wall like a ninja and position yourself above the doorframe so when the unsuspecting proctor walks in to check on you, you can pounce on your victim and make a mad dash for the exit. 4) Use the Force. 5) Hide a Razr somewhere on your body as they drag you away. Possible areas of concealment include: between your butt cheeks or stuck to your...
...Everyone was in pajamas,” she said. “One of my friends had only one shoe.” The residents of Canaday D were unsuccessfully asked to confess and then told to find a place to stay for the night. Lo said her proctor told the entryway they wouldn’t be allowed back because the entryway was a crime scene, and that dangerous chemicals had been sprayed. She also said, however, that the white powder remained in the stairwell once it had reopened the next morning. Lo was able to find shelter with...