Word: tutors
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Students choosing the first option would be assigned special senior tutor for Dudley House, who would reverse their academic progress and career plans. Those choosing the second option would enter a lottery to determine their residential House affiliation, and be assigned to the senior tutor of that House...
...Those who choose to live off-campus take university life with them. They live on-campus spiritually, even if not physically," says John R. Marquand, senior tutor of Dudley House. "They are still living the 'Harvard experience,' whereas it is harder for people who have never lived on campus like transfer students and (commuting) freshmen...
Whatever decision is eventually made, there are two things on which almost everyone agrees. First, if the University continues to force students to live off-campus, it must do a better job of integrating them into normal University life. Second, as one senior tutor commenting on the expansion of the non-resident community observes. "I think in the long run it's going to be a good thing for Harvard. When students who live in Houses have contact with those who don't, it makes for a much richer life for everyone...
...with the downtown area--near the red-light "Combat Zone"--which is known as Chinatown. About 25 students regularly work in different community programs. Each week, eight volunteers travel to the community's New Quincy School to participate in a program called English as a Second Language (ESL). They tutor groups of Mandarin and Cantonese-speaking adults...
Adrian Ho '83.4 tutors for a few hours each week at the Boston Chinese Youth Essential Service (YES), another Chinatown committee, which provides Chinatown youths with a place to meet study and receive educational and career counseling Ho, who used to tutor inmates at Walpole Prison through the PBH Prisons Committee, says working with the 13-to-19 year-olds at YES suits him better. "I didn't know if I was doing that much good [at Walpole]. Here I feel a little more effective...