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...Tonight is really just meant as a gesture, a commemoration, reflection, appreciation,” said Winthrop Senior Tutor Jim E. von der Heydt...
...It’s certainly unusual for students to think of taking a semester off without something that translates very directly into specific academic or career interests,” said Martin R. West, a Social Policy and Government tutor in Currier House who advised Koenig. “I think there is sort of an expected time frame toward completion at Harvard that students are hesitant to deviate from...
Courtyard legends would be born. Stories will be retold years from now about how The House Master left his footprints on the backboard, Popcorn Chicken dunked blindfolded, and The Senior Tutor jumped over that...
With the Houses in each zone pooling resources, students would be assured that they would have a tutor to advise them in one of three Houses in their zone. At the same time, the new selection process would not detract from House life. Resident tutors are crucial to forming a distinctive community within each House, and in no way should the character of each House be homogenized. The zoning procedure, however, still gives Houses great autonomy, allowing them to maintain House personality, and at the same time, helping them better meet the academic needs of students. Furthermore, this new selection...
...proposed reform would not be difficult to achieve, and should be implemented as quickly as possible. Ideally, Houses would adopt these changes this year, as Houses cannot notify prospective tutors before Feb. 28. But even if this is not feasible, Houses should strive next year to work more collaboratively in the tutor selection process. Certainly, the tutor system is not the be all and end all of academic advising. Many other changes need to take place such as reviving a largely defunct student advisory system, where upperclassmen would offer recommendations to fellow students—a move that administrators...