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...show. To some extent, BASIC's noble agenda and slightly less commodifying focus quiet those who ardently protest on the grounds that an auction is degrading. Still, the question of model selection precludes unconditional support from the first-year class. When asked how "Harvard's Hottest" were actually chosen, Michaelson replied that, "while the fundraising committee initially looked in the freshman facebook, most of the people were people we knew or that our friends knew. Like Gerard Hammond, the cheerleader, we thought he would play to the crowd." Smith adds that the group was looking for people that would...
...rampant criticism, Smith claims that "it's not really Harvard's hottest...that's just a catch phrase. It's about raising money for a service organization and having fun. I was even against the auction idea at first but you can't take yourself too seriously." Also, Michaelson expresses that part of the selection was about simple diversity. "It's not like we have quotas but we didn't want just blond hair and blue eyes." While the premises of this event still remain questionable, BASIC demonstrated an impressive sensitivity to varying standards of beauty...
...freshmen who were dissecting and analyzing "Harvard's Hottest" from the get go, just relax. Stop being so Harvard. The verdict: "Harvard's Hottest" was for a good cause. The turn-out in Lowell Lecture Hall suggests that Smith and Michaelson were simply feeding into a culture consumed by appearance and money. Does this absolve them? Take it to Annenberg...
Encouraged by a few studies supporting the idea, Marina Middle School principal John Michaelson organized all-girl and all-boy classes for the first time last year. In contrast to the monastic approach of some private schools, like the Catholic high school Michaelson attended, Marina doesn't segregate girls and boys into separate schools or even separate buildings. In fact, only about 105 of Marina's 810 students are separated so far; the rest attend typical coed classes. Michaelson started the single-sex experiment by setting aside two rooms within the hulking blue-and-white Art Deco edifice...
Despite these objections, San Francisco hopes to continue its pilot program at least through next year. "I think we're compelled to come up with a variety of choices for students and families," says Michaelson. "It's arrogant to assume that any student is going to learn in a standard way." Schools that separate boys from girls will not help every distracted student, but they may be the answer for some. --By Laird Harrison/ San Francisco