Word: upperclasses
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Franklin L. Ford is appointed acting Dean ofthe Faculty in February, and the search for apermanent dean begins. Four upperclass Housesapprove a plan, proposed by physics professorWilliam Paul, to revise the CRR. However, thereforms are rejected by the Faculty Council...
...departmental head tutors, in addition to having no incentive other than embarrassment to change their ways, complain that they face over-powering constraints on what they are capable of offering so many undergraduates, given the department's limited resources. They lament that they cannot ensure that upperclass students have access to residential advisors because this is the domain of the individual Houses. In response, the senior tutors within these individual Houses point out that it is the department's responsibility to advise its own students regardless of whether the House is able to hire a resident tutor in every large...
...both current and former tutors of color we believe the solution, and its assumptions, to be shortsighted. One of the reasons students chose their upperclass house with such care was the desire to find a supportive and nurturing community. These networks are vital, especially in an atmosphere that is competitive, stressful, and at times alienating. We sincerely believe that the process of selecting a "home" was an empowering activity, and for students of color, it was often a necessary activity...
Moreover, it is very likely that someone from outside the halls did the damage. First years know the Straus common room hosts a panoply of activities--from study card collection to plays-that cater to the entire Yard and to upperclass students. Wigglesworth's common room boasts a pool table that attracted hustlers form other halls. If the residents of a hall come to understand that they will be accountable for damage done by outsiders, halls may quickly become insular. Should residents of a particular hall start to be distrustful of other Yard dwellers, the spirit and purpose...
Calling the 1995 decision by then-Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 to remove choice from the upperclass housing process "shortsighted," the tutors cite the need for a College-wide reexamination of randomization in an open letter which was delivered to administrators yesterday morning...