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This fall, three House master couples announced their departure in the span of less than two weeks??add that to the two House masters who stepped down at the end of the previous school year, and 2009 means new management for five of the 12 undergraduate Houses...
Though he is only 17, P possesses uncommon ambition and resilience. He has come by my door, smiling, every day for the past two weeks??but his SAT scores are low enough that many colleges will not even bother to consider his vivacious essays. Fortunately, P lives here in New York City, so he has two attractive options. The City University of New York runs a strong and vast network of community and four-year colleges, which cost in-state families less than $5,000 a year. And if P’s academic performance and income fall...
...library,” Hamburger assured the group before asking for clarification regarding the idea of “structural change” evoked by the FAS administration. Invoking the concept of “reshaping”—something of an administrative watchword in recent weeks??Faust said she did not want to “unduly constrain” the imagination of faculty members as the six working groups charged with reviewing further budget modification draw up proposals. “I don’t want to impose...
...inaugural “January Experience,” the chunk of post-break January in which Harvard students are encouraged to do something productive rather than take an extended vacation. While the administration has been quick to provide ideas about how to spend the extra three weeks??study abroad, short internships, research, or intensive academic courses have all been presented as viable options—it has not promised the guidance necessary to bring these suggestions to life. In addition, January housing will now be limited to students with a demonstrated need to remain on campus...
...These results, though only a first step, are as compelling as they are thought-provoking. If music is to be harnessed for its pharmacological powers, might it not hold the potential for dangerous interactions? Remember the crying waitress? Van Morrison’s “Astral Weeks?? is good to write to, and the electronic band MSTRKRFT quite great to run to, but such selections would certainly have deleterious effects on performance if poorly prescribed. Last year, Harvard students downed the strange cocktail of the Wu-Tang Clan, Gavin DeGraw, Joey DeGraw (sigh), and whatever other substances...