Word: sayed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Despair. An inauspicious start, you say. Sit on your bed and wait. Your proctor will come by and console you. He will even know your name and recognize your face. They have to study the freshman face book...
...Harvard Union, which they will undoubtedly want to attend. Parents go for that kind of thing; they love walking around Harvard Yard and babbling over lukewarm coffee about how classy it all is--down to the elite roaches in your bathroom sink. They really mean it when they say it's your school; they think you own it. "Your library is so magnificent!" they squeal. Or, "It says in the paper that a Harvard professor just testified at a Congressional hearing. Aren't you proud?" To which one replies "shift no--he forgot everything I told him to say...
Educational crossfire also hit two interdisciplinary majors: Afro-American Studies and Women's Studies. A coalition of concerned student groups this year led protests against what they say as systematic attempts to weaken the Afro-American Studies Department. Ever since Af-Am's stormy birth ten years ago, detractors have attacked its academic validity. They believe Af-Am has no methodology and could better be studied through an interdisciplinary committee. But supporters say the demotion to a committee would cripple Af-Am by removing its right to tenure professors and choose its own curriculum. This fall an Overseers' Visiting Committee...
Animosity between Harvard and Cambridge runs deep, but observers say last year marked one of the lowest points ever in their hate-hate relationship. Among the reasons for the tension include Harvard's tax-exempt status, which deprives Cambridge of millions of dollars in taxes. Harvard does pay some in-lieu-of-tax money--paid to local government voluntarily instead of property taxes--but Cambridge officials' eyes glitter when they talk about that potential revenue...
Southern said the department does not have a turnover problem. "Each person who is leaving who had a five-year appointment has stayed five years. Harvard only allows you to stay five years. It's not fair to say there's a high turnover. That reflects on me as chairman," she added...