Word: summersã
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...University President Lawrence H. Summers??€™ first meeting with Harvard’s second-highest governing board, discussion centered on issues of undergraduate education...
Hillel Chair Benjamin Z. Galper ’02 said he appreciated Summers??€™ presence...
...time, to invite undergraduates to attend his monthly office hours. Massachusetts Hall also purchased space in campus publications to advertise the times and dates of the appointments. Although we had hoped that the one-hour-per-month standard set by former President Neil L. Rudenstine would be exceeded during Summers??€™ tenure, we still appreciate Summers??€™ obvious effort to publicize the time he has set aside to meet with undergraduates. Office hours are of little benefit if students don’t know when they...
Since he was named to the position last March, undergraduates have had opportunities to meet their president through student groups, in House dining halls or just walking through campus. We are glad to see Summers??€™ efforts to improve communication between students and Mass. Hall and trust that they will continue. We also hope Summers recognizes that it will take more than a single hour each month to acquaint himself with the undergraduate student body. During his first session of office hours yesterday afternoon, students who arrived after the 4 p.m. starting time were turned away, and Summers...
Though most students said they understood the demands on Summers??€™ time, others complained that his office hours were too short and infrequent to truly connect with students...