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...Life Sciences 1a and 1b do not give you a good idea of the breadth of the human evolutionary biology or molecular and cellular biology concentrations. Course titles can also be misleading, so take a careful look at the class syllabus and reserve reading list. (Expecting Sigmund Freud in your psychology class? Wrong. Try English or philosophy instead.) All this being said, if you already have an inkling of what you’d like to concentrate in, do get the introductory requirement course over with. And if you are even the slightest bit interested, take CS 50 before...
...Life Sciences 1b is an introductory genetics course that is arguably the most dreaded, painful course in the life sciences cluster and makes students appreciate LS1a in retrospect. If you’re a prospective English concentrator who is just “interested in genetics,” stifle your curiosity and steer clear. Course instructors are knowledgeable but considerably less inspiring than the LS1a professors, and there is abundant busy work that counts for zero credit. Course veterans claim that the textbook is confusing, verbose, and chock full of extraneous information, so your lecture notes will again...
...funds to pursue higher education—an obvious step in the right direction for the integration of illegal immigrants into American society. Finally, while the focus of this legislation deals primarily with low-wage immigrants, we should seize upon this opportunity to also raise the cap on H-1B visas in order to attract highly skilled laborers who would help bolster the American economy. America has always been a country of hope, equality, and, of course, dreams. Obama’s immigration plan seeks to preserve this image and at the same time strengthen our country...
...this recession as an excuse to enact legislation that makes it all but impossible for financial firms to hire skilled foreign graduates of American universities, including Harvard. A little-known provision in the ARRA classifies all firms receiving federal bailout funds from the Troubled Assets Relief Program as H-1B dependent, legally mandating them to find American citizens or legal permanent residents to fill any job opening before offering a position to qualified international applicants...
...economy. If foreign graduates of American universities are unable to find work in the United States, they are likely to take jobs in other countries with more liberal immigration systems, such as the United Kingdom, Canada, or New Zealand. As such, the debate over the H-1B program is not merely a question of “saving American jobs”—these new policies could actually threaten our nation’s long-term economic health and our global authority...