Leading Russian poet and essayist Alexander Kushner said it is difficult to separate politics from poetry in today's Russia. "Now we, in Russia, are living through very difficult times when we see the breakaway of mentality," Kushner told a predominantly Russian-speaking audience in the faculty lounge of the Hopkins Center Thursday night.
Despite complaints that the College's advising system leaves students afloat without an adviser between freshman year and the declaration of their major during the spring of sophomore year, administrators say they currently have no concrete plans to overhaul the system. But they are looking to make small changes in the advising resources available to students after freshman year, according to Dean of Upperclass Students Dan Nelson. Nelson said the College is working on a way to make advising more accessible to upperclass students, so that all students know where to go for advice. "There is a point in every term where students have to wait two to three weeks for an appointment with a dean," Nelson said.
President Bill Clinton recently named Earth Sciences Professor Joel Blum as a 1993 Presidential Faculty Fellow for his research in geochemistry. Blum will receive a five-year, $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.
Alpha Pi Tau fraternity at Keene State University in Keene, N.H. was disciplined this month for allegedly hazing pledges by making them roll around naked in dog food. To date, only the university has punished the fraternity through an on-campus judicial hearing.