Word: standardly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...More often than not, students look to these popular classes to satisfy a Core requirement-not intellectual curiosity. Students tend to hold these classes to a much lower standard than they would an elective or concentration requirement...
...Faculty members and student representatives proposed two especially useful plans of attack to improve advising--establishing a minimum standard of quality across all departments and encouraging the appointment of senior Faculty members as head tutors or directors of undergraduate studies...
Both proposals are good ones, though it seems that it would not be asking too much to have the College impose more than just a "minimum standard" of advising across departments. Harvard takes pride in its decentralized system, and departments hold tight to their autonomy. But if there's one area which should be closely watched and standardized, it is advising. Without strong prompting from University Hall, some departments may never recognize that their undergraduates deserve careful attention. The Economics Department, for example, ranked 35th out of 38 concentrations on the 1998 senior survey. But Head Tutor and Associate Professor...
...While heart-shaped pizza may be cute, nothing beats a chickengram. Call Broadway Babies, a Boston company that specializes in singing telegrams, stripteases and belly dancers. Gorillagrams come standard with a guy in a gorilla suit who not only sings and dances but bears balloons, candy and champagne. The classic chickengram is another option. Broadway Babies’ animal line generally runs $105-130. Also available: singing celebrity impersonators. Choose between Marilyn Monroe, Elvis and Pavarotti. These high-end telegrams cost about $200, plus tip. All this assumes, of course, that the gorilla guy can make his housecall sans keycard...
...Standard LSAT takes 205 minutes...