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Tufts requires its fraternities to sign an annual statement promising that they will conduct a "dry" rush and purchase a certain amount of insurance. Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va., is reinstituting live-in house directors -- adults who will supervise meals, serve as counselors and ensure that students do...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Waging War on the Greeks | 4/16/1990 | See Source »

I wobble mentally when thinking about this dispute. The idea of sociology without ideas, of a specialty without substance, has an amusing side to it. The presumption that exegesis is somehow soft in comparison to the rigorous and ruthless practice of the inhabitatants of William James is delightful. But it...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In the Middle of the Squabble | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

But one cannot laugh everything away, even though that can help to keep despair at bay. The matters at issue are serious. It is always distressing to see people out to destroy when they could be creating. My experience convinces me that Professors Davis and Patterson are badly wrong. Social...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In the Middle of the Squabble | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

Anyone who can master the juggling act between intercollegiate athletics and rigorous academics at Harvard has earned my respect. As a member of a varsity team, and as a student on the brink of committing myself to a joint concentration, I understand the additional pressures and the overwhelming time commitments...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crew Isn't Everything | 4/7/1990 | See Source »

Karl Lagerfeld, the most aggressive exponent of the skirtless look, had bright, jaunty jackets that were nipped in at the waist. Claude Montana, still smarting from his disastrous debut as Lanvin's couturier in January, produced a rigorous collection dedicated to Andy Warhol. What he took from the painter was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Throw Out Your Skirts | 4/2/1990 | See Source »

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