Word: thernstrom
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...whole generation found him inspirational," said Stephen Thernstrom, Winthrop Professor of History...
...Thernstrom says Harvard students feel more special than undergraduates at other colleges, and that in fact he thinks they are. At UCLA, where he once taught and where there was little if any applause, "students (are) laid back. They must be thinking, Surf...
...fairly meaningless ritual," agrees Stephen Thernstrom, Winthrop Professor of History using a them that crops up in such discussions almost as often as "tradition." Thernstrom underscores students unrealized power when he adds. "If you get used to it and don't get it, you think, My God, what am I doing wrong...
Most likely the habit of applauding is responsible for another phenomenon peculiar to Harvard hissing. This one, Thernstrom reflects gives proceedings "a slight element of spice." While most professors share Thernstrom's benevolent acceptance of good natured hissing. "If one tells a bad pun, one deserves to be hissed," John L. Clive, Kenan Professor of History and Literature asserts many students feel hissing has no place in the lecture hall. "It's very disruptive," says Tracy Rouse. "Students hiss down questions if they don't like them like this morning in Chem...
...spectators attended an October 24 Cuba forum in Lowell Lecture Hall sponsored by the national disarmament group, Tocsin. The gathering featured Hughes, who lambasted JFK for creating "a contrived and theatrical atmosphere" of military confrontation rather than relying primarily on peaceful United Nations intervention. History Professor Stephan A. Thernstrom, then a first-year instructor and a Hughes organizer, recalls that Tocsin sympathizers "had a horrible sinking feeling everyone would rally around the flag and move us closer to war." The Crimson agreed, editorializing that Kennedy should have dealt more directly with Cuban leader Fidel Castro rather than flying "on wings...