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...provide the kind of funding that is really needed. Special-interest organizations and clubs may have more of an impact than HoCos on individual students’ lives, but HoCos are unique in their ability to appeal to the student body as a whole while fostering a sense of small-group community and comradeship in individuals who have nothing more in common than the setting of their education. House Stein Clubs, House Intramural teams, HoCo-sponsored parties, and House formals are almost uniformly successful and are accomplished with an average operating budget of about $10,000 per HoCo per semester...
...puffery as "MADAME SECRETARY!" whenever she entered the room. "He likes to rib her," says a senior White House official--which in Bush's world is a sign of his affection. Both rely heavily on the intimate bond forged during the first term. They see each other in weekly small-group meetings but frequently discuss policy issues in private, often over lunch or dinner. When Rice is on the road, Bush phones her at all hours. On the plane back from a surprise one-day visit to Iraq in May, she returned the favor, reaching Bush in the Oval Office...
...those concerned with large class sizes, the Draft Final Report, which was obtained by The Crimson in March, spoke to “the advantages of increased interaction between students and instructors in a small-group setting” but suggested little that would differ fundamentally from the sections currently offered with Core classes, which surveys routinely show are a low point of students’ Harvard experiences...
...campus." CSF bought the house in 2001, after the fraternity that had occupied it was suspended for alcohol violations. Christian students share rooms with one or two other like-minded students, eat their meals in a communal dining room and get together for one-on-one spiritual mentoring and small-group Bible study. One women's group is studying Song of Solomon; an all-male group is looking at biblical role models like Abraham, King David and Jesus' disciples...
Students said the sessions automatically assumed students would engage in high-risk behaviors as college students, according to the survey. Students victimized by sexual assault said they found that “Sex Signals” and the small-group workshops were “too personal” to be offered at the start of freshman year, when entering students had not yet established stable relationships...