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Differences abound in how individual departments advise their concentrators. From the personnel involved—everyone from graduate students, peer advisers, faculty within and without the department, and House tutors??to the various scheduling methods for advising—by appointment, walk-in, or published office hours—it is not always easy for concentrators to get the information they need to choose the best classes or stay on track with requirements...
...couldn’t agree more. Few would doubt the fact that outgoing seniors—who are currently the only students who have the opportunity to evaluate Masters and Senior Tutors??have very different concerns about House life and advising. A formal mechanism for absorbing feedback from sophomores and juniors about their unique issues would enable House Masters and Tutors to be more responsive to all students’ needs—which is, after all, why they’re here...
...with the support of the student majority and the senior sisters—the Radcliffe term for residential tutors??the change went through. Though the bells desk was still in place, its only remaining function was symbolic. Girls would send guys straight up without buzzing. Men started openly visiting at late hours, sometimes staying the night. “Standards just fell apart,” Esterquest says, and punishments grew less severe. Other Radcliffe dorms soon followed suit...
...mental health (and its regretful state at our university) has motivated the administration to create a new position in the system, appointing Paul J. Barreira to be Director of University Counseling, Academic Support, and Mental Health Services. A pilot program was launched this fall, placing “wellness tutors?? in three Houses on campus to, according to a Crimson article published this fall, “promote various health-related resources on campus and serve as a sounding-board for student and tutor mental health and wellness concerns.” Clearly, the administration is aware...
...most tutors agree that some gray areas are inevitable, and the close age difference between students and tutors??many of whom are recent Harvard graduates who may have been classmates with students—can sometimes be a factor in blurring the lines between what is and is not appropriate...