Word: wide
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Authored by Associate Registrar Jay A. Halfond and Mather House Senior Tutor Steven A. Epstein, the study once again showed that students gravitate to Houses that conform to perceived stereotypes, causing, for instance, wide disparities in academic performance in the Houses...
...Class of '69 also moved on, with, some claim, indigestion from their atypical Harvard experience: a takeover of University Hall and subsequent re-taking by Cambridge police; a general "strike" of classes; demonstrations; campus-wide meetings; and highly confrontational struggles. This week is their 15th reunion, a chance for them to come back and assess whether Harvard has changed since they took to the streets and, more importantly, if they themselves have changed more than superficially in the intervening years...
...Council poll also revealed wide-ranging grievances with the quality of education at the Law School. Students faulted professors for neglecting their academic responsibilities and giving their outside activities first priority, and 92 percent of the respondents favored instituting mandatory faculty office hours...
Andrew P. Heiskell '28 took charge of finding Roderick M. MacDougall '51 to replace Putnam--who retires this month--as treasurer, and says he is especially interested in helping choose who gets Honorary Degrees at Commencement Charles P. Schlicter, a professor of physics at the University of Illinois, is widely respected for his judgement on academic matters. The freshman member of the board, Colman M. Mockler Jr. '52, has not yet received wide attention in any specific area...
Headquarters for Harvard's intricate network is the Harvard Alumni Association, based at Wadsworth House. The operation there encourages each class committee to keep in touch with alumni through at least one yearly newsletter. The committees also try to sponsor at least one class-wide party a year following a big athletic event and a non-athletic event...