Word: townes
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...something Englishwoman who has lived in Paris, I thought your article missed a vital point. I had never thought twice about wearing a low-cut top in my home town, but when I moved to Paris I began to copy the demure style of Parisiennes. To ascribe this shift simply to changing attitudes in women ignores the important role that men play in forming a woman's own body image. Going about my daily life in Paris, I felt that men saw me as a sexual object more than I was used to and I responded by dressing more demurely...
...don’t think we really eliminated Town Hall. What we did was renovate it and try to make it more functional,” said Executive Dean John A. Haigh...
...Although students found out about the move in the spring, it had been planned more than a year before that, according to Haigh. On the advice of a consulting firm that interviewed students, faculty, and staff before making its recommendation, HKS decided to transform Town Hall from what Haigh characterized as a “not-very-comfortable lecture hall” into a conference room and classroom with high-end technology. The goal, he said, was to bring academic and research facilities closer to the main campus for increased interaction with the student body...
...Some students were disappointed about the loss of individual mailboxes that were previously located in Town Hall, a convenience that let them receive course materials such as problem sets and homework...
...think what happened with Town Hall really struck a chord with a lot of people that in general we want administrators to do a better job in communicating with students,” Androsoff said. “I think we started that process...our real hope is that this year we can strengthen that and institutionalize it so that students get to be a part of the decision-making process...