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...others say the council needs changes thatare more than skin deep. They say members need tounderstand that student leaders on housecommittees, ethnic groups and campus-wide studentorganizations know just as much about what is goodfor undergraduates as representatives elected by asmall minority of students...

Author: By David A. Fahrenthold, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: UC Struggles to Win Friends, Influence Policy | 5/4/1998 | See Source »

Faculty members like Risinger, Dr. Robert Levinand Dr. John Stewart, who helped Lawless tounderstand that "being a musician does notnecessarily mean alienating oneself from otherdisciplines," also illuminate and lend credibilityto Harvard's music department. Additionally, thereis always the option of taking a semester off ordeferring admission entirely. Cellist Jennifer Lee'01, who deferred admission for a year to study ata conservatory in Germany, found the "depth of themusic world of Europe unbelievable." Yet shereturned to Harvard because she felt that sheneeded "something more, "even if it meant leavingher professor thinking that she "came here tobecome an egghead...

Author: By Andrea H. Kurtz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Is There Any Glory in Avoiding the Conservatory? Yo-Yo Ma '76 Did It, and You Can Too | 4/17/1998 | See Source »

...think it is very important to be able tounderstand and decode the bombardment of imagesthat we live with," she says.Professor John R. Stilgoe devotes an entirelecture of his course to the evolution ofCoca-Cola advertisements...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Socrates vs. Seinfeld: Faculty Teach Pop Culture | 3/12/1998 | See Source »

...They still have to do their homework tounderstand what the best environment is for them,"said...

Author: By Jacqueline A. Newmyer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: >Harvard Grad Schools Top U.S. News Survey | 2/20/1998 | See Source »

...Cutting research would be a disaster forRepublicans in this country," says Provost AlCarnesale. "It is important for people tounderstand the role of the government and theuniversity. We are working with others in academiaand industry to get the word...

Author: By Kris J. Thiessen, | Title: University Battles to Stop Funding Cuts | 6/8/1995 | See Source »

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