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...attention. Lui says that because she and the other fellowship director sit on selection committees, they are unable to help students with specific applications. Instead, Lui says, “the Houses are the frontline advisors for feedback on drafts.” Each House has its own fellowship tutor to give feedback and advice grant applications, but the number of tutors, as well as “the quality and the level of knowledge vary,” says Lui. Jacob S. Jost is a fellowship tutor in Dunster House, and is on the “frontline?...
...part of an effort to bring the Green Cup—for the most environmentally conscious House—to Lowell for the second consecutive year. Cabot and Lowell tied for the victory last year. DeWolf and others involved placed bins in each entryway on Sunday afternoon, and resident tutors sent out e-mails to encourage students to return their dishware. By Sunday night, the bins were full. Currier REP Karen A. McKinnon ’10 is planning a similar operation for her House within the next few weeks. McKinnon said that recovering ceramic dishware is important since...
...years, the state of California has allowed parents to home school as long as they file papers to create a private school and hire a tutor with credentials or if their child participates in an independent study program through a credentialed school. In evaluating the Long case, however, Judge Croskey found that state law forbade any home schooling that was not taught by a credentialed teacher and that what California had been allowing was, in his judicial opinion, illegal. In 1953, another appellate court ruled against home-schooling parents who didn't want to adhere to California's compulsory education...
...their newfound freedom, an adult in the dorm is just plain inconvenient. Proctors seem to leave their perpetually non-advisory, invisible state only to break up the seldom freshman room party. But rest assured, soon-to-be-upperclassmen: though your housing may get worse, the variety of active house tutors is something to look forward to. Unlike freshman proctors, house tutors all across campus work hard towards creating a sense of community beyond entryway dinners and a weekly study break. “You’re here to bring your interests to the community,” says Richard...
...make art outside of established venues such as Sanders Theater or the Carpenter Center.But while these facilities are advertised as being open to all, some have gone unused in recent years, and relatively few students know of their existence.A few may soon stop collecting dust, however, as students, house tutors, and supportive house administrations seek to rejuvenate and re-imagine the possibilities and purposes of various house spaces. Chief among their goals is increasing student awareness not only of these renovated facilities but of their availability to those who aren’t world-class violinists or skilled oil-painters...