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...This summer, Mass. Hall will undergo yet another transformation—freshmen are no longer expected to live there, making room for overflow housing for upperclassmen and, perhaps, more office space. Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 says that Mass. Hall, which housed 18 freshmen this year, lacks the “critical mass” to be a full-fledged dormitory...
...McNamara ’07, who will give the Latin oration, and Daniel J. Wilner ’07, who will deliver the English oration, will share the stage nearly four years after eating food sprinkled with dirt on the same Freshman Outdoor Program (FOP) trip as incoming freshmen...
Perhaps it is not surprising, then, that freshmen this spring have been provided with an odd and at times disturbing message from the concentration: Social Studies is probably not right...
...happy Social Studies concentrator myself, I was disheartened both to see Social Studies’ presentation in person and to hear about separate and repeated incidents of freshmen receiving a negative message from the concentration...
Presumably, Social Studies uses these tactics because it is so difficult to communicate to freshmen what exactly the concentration is, and Social Studies does not have the space for students to dabble and then switch—Social Studies needs, more than any other concentration, for students to get it right the first time. Bernstein said, “The process [of switching concentrations] is painful for students and it is painful for us; I want to stress to freshmen a need for self-reflection, not a need for fear...