Word: professor
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...undergraduates are arrested for showing "Deep Throat" in Eliot House. Frankfurter Professor of law Alan M. Dershowitz defends them to his death...
...vacuum cleaner lulls babies to sleep, a professor lecturing from a podium causes college students to drool with dreams. There's something about listening to the monotone of an educated person saying important things for an important test that makes them think it's nap time...
...Some professors have acknowledged the lullaby power of their voices. Earlier this year, Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy and Civic Policy Thomas Scanlon demanded that his students, "Open all the windows! It's 90 degrees in here. I want a challenge! It would be too easy to make you all fall asleep in a room this warm...
...Julia S. Oh '03 recommends a less painful and more meditative approach: "Mindfulness. I really pay attention to just sitting there. How my chair feels. How the professor's voice goes up and down and how it rasps...
...Finally, many students keep awake by establishing a powerful psychic relationship with their professor, generally one dominated by paranoia. "I always keep in mind that the professor is watching me," admits John Rodriguez '03. Sitting directly opposite the professor makes students feel as though they're engaged in a one-on-one conversation. Another student resorts to "spending a lot of time wondering what my professor would look like as a woman...