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Word: upperclassman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Many freshmen say that they are more comfortable with upperclassman advisers than graduate students. And Bruce Donovan, dean of freshmen and sophomores, says that the system of undergraduate counselors is extremely popular with students--both advisers and advisees. The increase in applicants for counseling positions, from 150 to 300 this year, testifies to its tremendous success, Donovan adds...

Author: By Janet A. Titus, | Title: "Model College" Leads Ivies in Applicants | 5/12/1983 | See Source »

...brought her a single red rose when he picked her up. An upperclassman who had known Richard at St. Martin's had lent him his rooms in an upperclass house, a suite, which was safer and more relaxing than where Richard lived, where the presence of any woman at all was strictly forbidden. There was a bottle of chilled champagne and a copy of the Kama Sutra...

Author: By Michael W. Miller, | Title: Veritas Between the Sheets | 5/9/1983 | See Source »

Three judges, appropriately dressed in tuxedos and cocktail dresses, deliberated privately for 40 minutes before announcing a titlist and runner-up from seven upperclassman finalist. The prize is awarded for the best presentation of a memorized selection from English, Greek, or Latin literature...

Author: By Betsy Silver, | Title: Sophomore Takes First In Boylston Prize Contest | 4/23/1983 | See Source »

...Last year in my Chem 15 course," another upperclassman remembers, "one professor got a lot of applause and another got none. I was very embarrassed for the other...

Author: By Richard J. Appel, | Title: The Roar of the Crowd | 9/30/1982 | See Source »

...punishingly rigid code of behavior made famous by the 1938 movie Brother Rat (featuring Ronald Reagan). The Citadel has only slightly eased its own version of the code. At meals, for example, freshmen, or "knobs," are no longer required to sit at attention and request each helping from an upperclassman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Those All Male Alma Maters | 11/30/1981 | See Source »

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