Word: upperclasses
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Cornell has two conflicting visions with respect to first-year housing, and really no vision with respect to upperclass housing. It wants to create "community" in the ranks of first-year students. Currently, there are two distinct areas of campus housing, called North Campus, which is more spread out and is composed of about half first-years, and West Campus, which is newer, more densely populated, and composed almost entirely of first-years. Each has its own facilities and its own culture, North as studious and West as social. Most students know what they're getting into when they choose...
...Cornell University last week unveiled a $200 million initiative to "enhance the living and learning environment for undergraduates." Central to the plan are changes to make Cornell's residential system more like Harvard's. Under the new system, first-years would live together on one section of campus and upperclass students would live in residential houses...
Unlike Harvard, Cornell does not guaranteeon-campus housing for its upperclass students...
...committee is exploring different housingplans for the upperclass students on West campus...
Pound Hall yesterday afternoon was a hotbed of eager job seekers, with first-year law students seeking advice for upperclass students at a public interest job fair on the second floor and at least five upperclass students and graduate students looking into careers at Goldman Sachs just downstairs...