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Last year, FAS voted to move the deadline for concentration choice to the end of students’ sophomore fall, effective for the Class of 2010 in an attempt to foster freer academic exploration and more informed concentration selection among undergraduates. Since then, most departments have been persuaded to modify their requirements in order to adapt to the new policy. One of the first casualties in virtually every department’s housecleaning was the sophomore fall tutorial: The days of the 97a’s are now but distant memories...
...haven't these countries' currencies been gaining on the dollar? Because their governments won't let them. China's dollar peg, established in the mid-1990s, is often portrayed in the U.S. as a mercantilist attempt to sell more stuff here (if the Chinese yuan is cheap relative to the dollar, imports from China are cheaper too). But there's much more to it than that: by reining in the often pointless fluctuations of currency markets, countries can bring stability and encourage trade...
...Crimson will try to keep Threatt from making any big plays, and it will also attempt to prevent the Lehigh running backs from moving the ball. The Harvard defensive line struggled in the opener against Holy Cross, but responded last week by only giving up 49 yards on the ground...
...books. Until last week, that is. Recent developments at one of the Square’s largest booksellers have pitted bibliophiles against Coop officials. For anyone who has enough of a life to have not followed the scandal, here’s a quick recap: enterprising Harvard students attempt to copy ISBN numbers of course books in order to purchase them more cheaply elsewhere. The Coop calls in the Cambridge Police, who recognize the situation is ridiculous and refuse to boot the students. Frenzied debate ensues over the Coop’s role in serving students and the Harvard community...
...Since his party lost control of Congress last year, the President has been criticized on everything from his failed attempt to overhaul immigration laws to the war in Iraq. But the biggest betrayal, in conservatives' eyes, has been the complete lack of fiscal discipline. In editorial after editorial the movement's giants such as Richard Viguerie, William F. Buckley and George Will have all attacked the President's spending and warned the party that they are bleeding grassroots support. Viguerie went so far as to write a book released last year called Conservatives Betrayed: How George W. Bush and Other...