Word: tutor
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...fact, many junior professors say that Nord's case is a classic example of the flaws in Harvard's tenure review process. Nord, the author of two books on Victorian literature, has an impressive resume of Harvard experience. Head tutor of the English Department for several years, she sat on the Faculty Council for three years and was also a member of the Committees on Degrees in Women's Studies and History and Literature...
That triumph two weeks ago was but one among several signs that gay power is burgeoning at Harvard. For the first time, an assistant dean, Jean Viggiani, has been delegated to deal with gay issues on campus. A tutor specializing in gay concerns has been assigned to each of Harvard's undergraduate houses. About 1,000 pink triangles offered to sympathizers for the Gay Awareness celebration were gone in a record three days...
Holy Writ Dept: Religious fundamentalism is apparently not yet dead at Harvard. A resident tutor received an overdue notice for a copy of the Vulgate, the Latin version of the Holy Bible penned by St. Jerome. In the space marked "author" was written...
...think there was a general sense in themeeting, and among the junior faculty and evenamong the senior faculty, that the present ad hocsystem doesn't work very well," said AssistantProfessor of English Allen H. Reddick, thedepartment's head tutor. "I don't think that's anygreat secret...
...Currier House we grant the distinction of being our fondest amusement. Each year, these hapless schlemiels manage to defy overwhelming odds and choke miserably. Squandering the legacy of a long-forgotten Marine Engineering Tutor, Currier's yachtsmen use their wondrous and speedy craft exclusively as a means to embarrass themselves. Nonetheless, their most remarkable achievement is not their genius for finding abjectly humiliating ways to lose, but their talent for having absolutely no fun in their attempts...