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Among the many frustrations that may arise from the contents of the courses of instruction, one strikes immediately—the dreaded closing note “Expected to be offered in 2007-2008.” For the student, this means that an interesting course must wait another year to be taken. For professors, the note indicates time away from the classroom—but not from work. “One image of a male professor on sabbatical is a bearded fellow sitting on his deck, puffing his pipe in relaxed contemplation,” said Pierce Professor...
...particular department offers a secondary field immediately, those students who are interested can get started right away,” Assistant Dean of the College Stephanie H. Kenen said. “But if you’re not interested, you’re going to have to wait. We could’ve made everyone wait, but we chose to start the implementation right away...
...department misses the fall deadline, it might have to wait until after Feb. 15 for consideration in the spring...
...could have said, ‘OK, we’re going to wait a year before we implement this to get all the details worked out and all the designs in place, and thus wait a year until any of this happens,’” Kenen said. “But the faculty chose let’s-go-ahead-as-soon-as-we-can, and that means all the details might not be ironed out as quickly as we like, so there might be some bumps along...
...Until 1989, police would stay on the perimeter and wait for the SWAT team," Delorme said. "Because of the Polytechnique, they are trained to act fast. Their job was to save people's lives...