Word: regularness
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...nude models are not Harvard students. In fact, they are professionals, and Harvard treats them pretty well. Nude models are surrounded by portable heaters during their three-hour sessions, and they are allowed regular breaks to stretch and keep limber. Of the two models for "Painting with Attitude," the first was a woman in her mid 40s, the second in her 20s. The course never hired male nudes as their relative scarcity makes them too expensive...
...student groups that use it--Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the Krokodiloes and the Pitches. But the future of the social club is black. "Upstairs at the Pudding," the restaurant that provides the club's lunches, will leave as soon as its lease runs out in order to give regular Harvard student groups room to meet. To operate with any kind of official recognition from Harvard and the ability to remain in the building at all, the club would have to do away with its membership fees and its entire selection process. "Punching" does not jibe with the College's vision...
...creation of the new weight room involved knocking down a dividing wall between two squash courts, replacing two miniature doorways with regular size doorways, laying rubber flooring and adding mirrors and fans...
...Early application is the culprit. This year, Harvard accepted well over half of the Class of 2004 in December. As a result, there were precious few spots left open for deferred students and regular applicants. To give some numbers, there were over 16,000 applicants vying for around 900 spots in this year's regular applicant pool, giving regular decision yield of about five percent, not the ten percent average for overall acceptances...
...applicant's first choice--has been almost completely lost. So, early applications have continued to rise to almost 6,000 applications, reflecting this policy change. To the admissions office's credit, the percentage accepted early has also declined proportionally to 18.9 percent, but this figure is high above the regular decision yield of around 5 percent...