Word: upperclass
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This is inappropriate! It is obvious that students who arrive before breakfast on the 18th must pay for their meals until the meal plan begins. As I am sure you know, food is expensive, even at the Freshman Union which, the letter mentions, will serve upperclass men and women on a cash basis. In addition to the extraordinary required costs of attending Harvard College, this expense is a thoughtless oversight on Harvard's part, at best. At worst, it is indicative of blatant disregard for the welfare of its students...
...assistant dean for the House system, Thomas A. Dingman '67, a preppy, helps draft and implement the rules on upperclass housing both for dorm residents and the handful of off-campus students. Dingman comes under fire each spring for the disputed House lottery system...
...dean of the College also controls the Committee on House Life and works with House Masters to improve living conditions, although the Masters technically report to Bok. Fox's greatest challenges, and undoubtedly the most pressing issues of his successor, will be alleviating over-crowding in upperclass Houses. He will work with both Masters and the admissions office to reduce the problems created when five people try to live in four-bedroom suites. In addition, the dean has overseen and must continue to oversee portions of the $250 million renovation project now centered on the Radcliffe Quadrangle Houses...
...used his energy in other ways, assuming the social and intramural mantles for his freshman and upperclass dorms, becoming an All-Ivy athlete in an unfamiliar sport, refereeing some 1000 intramural basketball games, and making plans to marry his high school sweetheart later this month...
Harvard should not adopt the Yale system in which freshmen are assigned to their upperclass Colleges even before they reach new Haven; Harvard is different from Yale and should have a different type of random system. Freshmen should still be able to pick their roommates and blockmates in March. But these groups would be randomly assigned to the Houses, although the sex ratio would be maintained. There are many advantages to such a system. A freshmen would continue to be exposed to all his or her classmates during the year and could still pick roommates from the whole class...