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Most masters neglected a two year-old Undergraduate Council report that called for sweeping changes to make the Senior Common Rooms (SCR) a more integral part of House life, several students and faculty members said at the year's first meeting of the Committee on College Life...
...report further recommends more houseseminars on academic topics, pairing newsophomores with certain members of the SCR, weekly"table cloth meals" aiming to attract SCR membersand more...
Given the all around apathy, masters say it isno wonder that faculty and student attendance isfar from complete at SCR events...
Buddy systems, in which students are assignedto specific SCR members with whom they shareinterests, also work reasonably well, most masterssay, although some faculty members make betterbuddies than others...
...result, Jewett says he believes SCRmembers should play a more formal role in theadvising system. Houses' intellectual life wouldimprove, he says, "If the SCR and residentialtutors were more involved in the tutorialrelationship. The formal [relationship] has got toimprove. It would work better than if they're justa resource...