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...targets first-years with a mentoring program that pairs first-years with upperclass students. Fraser said the program helped her during her first year here and sees the program as very helpful to its participants...
...targets first-years with a mentoring program that pairs first-years with upperclass students. Fraser said the program helped her during her first year here and sees the program as very helpful to its participants...
...bring up the comparisons with Yale because Harvard's House system today is in grave danger of becoming irrelevant. Most of today's undergraduates view the Houses merely as upperclass dormitories. Tutors provide little, if any, academic instruction and are compared to "resident advisors" at other schools. Harvard students do not identify with their Houses the way they did several decades ago. The first question an alum asks is, "What House are you in?" Today, we pose the question to fellow students as "Where do you live?" And with two major shocks to the House system during my brief stint...
...dusty condom dispenser rests in the basement of Winthrop, appearing as old as the House itself. It contains no condoms. A flier upstairs advertises a new program sponsored by Aids Education and Outreach (AEO) that distributes free prophylactics to upperclass Houses. The group's Web site claims that house UHS bulletin boards showcase location information. The Winthrop superintendent has never heard of a UHS bulletin board...
...addition to the Orthodox and Conservative services, there is a Reform service each Friday night, as well as a monthly Reconstructionist service. We have also created a "Floating Learning Service," which meets once a month in one of the upperclass Houses and is designed to appeal to Jews of all backgrounds who wish to learn more about Sabbath prayer and observance. After all of these services, the entire community joins together in Hillel's dining hall for a communal Sabbath meal which is open to all undergraduates. MICHAEL...