Word: tutors
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With study cards now turned in, and classes now revving up, it has again become clear that the current system of tutors serving as academic advisors is abysmal. Students are not receiving the necessary and critically important advice they need on topics ranging from class selection to plans for after college. These problems, however, run far deeper than the tutors themselves; rather, they stem predominantly from the shortcomings of the current tutor system and selection process. The existing selection procedures pit Houses against each other as they battle for the most talented tutors. Students inevitably suffer from these fights because...
...brushed my teeth near him with regularity. He was a nice guy but kept to himself. I asked him if he was our tutor but once he said “My name is Rivers, I spent the last couple years in LA,” I figured...
...community can rely on its academic departments to criticize faculty members who step out of line. Reluctant to challenge an esteemed professor’s wishes, however, the psychology department opted not to intervene under these circumstances. Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology Ken Nakayama, who is also the head tutor in psychology, justified the department’s reservations, claiming, “The general policy has been to allow professors wide latitude in the conduct of their classes, including how they manage their enrollment. Such policies have sufficed in the past. Given the disappointment and confusion here, this policy...
Carlos E. Diaz Rosillo, Assistant to the Senior Tutor of Dunster House and IM secretary for Dunster, which maintains five boats, the highest number permitted, sent out a link to the Dudley online poll along with an email about the “poor decision” to dispose of B-boats to his own House...
...with her southern neighbors - and among the most promising actors in European cinema. With two films set for release in the U.S. and Europe this year, her popularity looks set to spread even further. De France is best known for her role as Isabelle, the lesbian confidante and romantic tutor of French actor Romain Duris in the 2002 film L'Auberge Espagnole (The Spanish Apartment). The Barcelona-set tale of a group of European exchange students learning more about life from one another than from their course work was a global hit, thanks, in part, to De France's performance...