Word: review
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...weeks ago the Freshman Dean's Office (FDO) and Yard Operations began a review of the project because of concerns about damage to the walls and ceiling, according to students...
...focused admissions system magnifies inequalities in public schools by keeping low scorers from prominent careers; he also says it fails to evaluate a student's character. "Numerical measurement isn't the answer to everything in life," Lemann says. Law professor Lani Guinier co-authored a California Law Review article last year arguing that because standardized tests don't anticipate success in school very well, admissions officers should pay less attention to them...
According to The Crimson arts editors, The Crimson has never, as far as they can remember, received a letter to the editor complaining about a favorable review. This fact alone speaks volumes about the tense communication between actors and directors and reviewers. It seems that the battles between the theater community and The Crimson at times need a referee and not a reader representative. However, I caution The Crimson Arts Board to remember that many of the people who read the arts pages religiously are those who are involved in student productions...
What, therefore, can The Crimson do to help alleviate this tension? First, and perhaps most important, communicate more often and more formally with those involved in student productions. In responses from student actors, I have heard and read several very interesting suggestions about how The Crimson might better review plays. One of these suggestions--having roundtable discussions with reviewers and actors--might help to open lines of communication between these two groups...
...Crimson should also continue to strive for thoughtful, critical reviews while attempting to address as many different productions as space and staff allow. The theater review section has much improved over the past year; it is important for The Crimson to continue to build on this improvement. The reader who seems to get lost in this controversy is the person who is not involved in theater but frequents Harvard theater productions. These readers are the majority of those who read arts coverage; however, since they don't often write letters to the editors. Both The Crimson and the actors...