Word: projects
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...grant application, students should have a pretty clearly-defined thesis topic, good reasons for studying in the country of their choice and maybe even the backing of a thesis advisor. All of which leaves juniors in a panic to choose a topic and find someone to sign onto the project, all before March 5. Some concentrations, such as government and social studies, have already met with their students to encourage swift attention to this growing concern, but other departments have yet to breathe a word of advice...
...What is ironic, however, is that the University is heralding a project with little practical significance (other than aesthetic grandeur) while numerous areas with more immediate student impact could certainly use the extra dollars. All of us could benefit from the hiring of more Faculty. Student athletic facilities are in abysmal condition. And a new student center would be a structure which we could do more than just gaze...
...Memorial Hall tower is, by all means, a commendable project. But, as always, the question of priorities rears its ugly head. We hope the University realizes that there is a lot more to improving campus life than architectural splendor...
...petition would delay the construction of any major projects for seven months after a hearing before the planning board, if the project were deemed to have a major impact on traffic flow and congestion. The amendments would include parking garages for 150 cars or more under the definition of major projects...
...Triantifillou presented a resolution to the Cambridge Women's Heritage Project in honor of Harriet A. Jacobs, author of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, conductor on the Underground Railroad and one-time Cambridge resident. Jacobs lived in Cambridge for five years in the 1870s...