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...reconsidered.“I, myself, after reflecting on this issue, am not comfortable with the final recommendations of the report that every department and every course should count for general education,” said Maier, a former Crimson editorial chair.But Maier also shied away from the argument that moral reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and foreign cultures should be included as requirements.“You cannot mandate all the things that we each think wonderful and essential,” he said.After Maier, Kemper Professor of American History James T. Kloppenberg said he has been “rethinking...
Lenarcic said Lewis’ argument that universities should be responsible for building moral character “sounds like he’s gotten a bit up in his years...He thinks we’re the worst young kids ever in the history of Harvard...
...neologism or something. Now you just burn out on knowing the answer to everything. This is what God must be like knowing everything. How many times have I been in a restaurant and wanted to clap my hands and have Google come down from ceiling and solve an argument...
...States until two days before,” said Bo Meng ’06, minister of fisheries and oceans of the Canadian Club. The students then brought the issue to the attention of the Freshman Dean’s Office. Dingman said that the students’ argument was persuasive. “I don’t think it was a case of serious discrimination,” Wattie said. “It was just an oversight.” —Staff writer Stephanie S. Garlow can be reached at sgarlow@fas.harvard.edu...
...while that is an easy argument to make, it's a hard one to prove. There were a record 33 hurricanes in the Atlantic between 1995 and 1999, and that doesn't take into account blockbusters like Katrina or 1992's Andrew. But the period from 1991 to 1994 was one of the quietest in history. And while the Pacific has seen an increase in hurricanes and typhoons in recent years, the southwestern Indian Ocean has remained stable and the northern Indian Ocean has actually seen a drop. Around the world, all that amounts to a statistical wash...