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After a regularly scheduled morning meeting of University deans, the group decided to allow Lowell House Co-Master Dorothy A. Austin and J. Bryan Hehir, the acting dean of the Harvard Divinity School, to enter Mass. Hall and talk with protesters...
...role of the House Master has always been an arduous one, but it became even more challenging—and formidable—with 1995’s randomization of the College’s residential system. Until then, Masters answered the same questions of responsibility, but at least they could expect to preside over the well-being of a constant, predictable group of students—be they the athletes of Kirkland House, the pre-meds of Quincy House or the tree-hugging, bongo-thumping environmentalists of Dunster House. Community spirit, at some base level, was inherent to House...
...absence of a unifying set of characteristics that sets the tone of a House, students take note when their Master not only recognizes everyone in the community by first name, but also participates in House activities such as the intramural program and the Stein Club. Whereas before randomization one’s housemates defined their House community, today that community is defined by the House Masters. As such, the selection of House Masters has become an ever more important process...
...incessant buzz of approval and my own experience is enough to convince me that the Master search committees have worked assiduously to place enthusiastic, self-giving members of the Faculty—with a “genuine, natural and personal” interest in undergraduates—in charge of the Houses. Lewis has devoted much effort to researching lists candidates and assessing their potential for leadership. He has consciously flagged senior members of the faculty for these positions because of their ability to voice undergraduate interests more broadly and, presumably, for their ability to do so without fear...
...Some students went in to use the bathroom and found a naked man in the bathroom and they called the police,” said Cabot House Master James H. Ware...