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...courses you were spoon-fed in high school. Freshmen can’t help but be disappointed that they still have to fulfill requirements in the very subjects they were trying to avoid. Whether it be math, the sciences, or those shapeless humanities, these distasteful courses await...
...informs applicants that: “Due to limited space and resources, we can only accept a fraction of those who apply, and we maintain an active wait-list.” And this is nothing compared to the bewildering array of “comps” that await students after they register. Sometimes it seems that what actually binds all Harvard’s 6,000-plus undergraduates together is their deep passion for applying to things. “Comp” itself is a term of indeterminate pedigree. The Crimson claims that it stands...
...Jabaluka in the Northern Territory, the richest known uranium deposits in the southern hemisphere, lie beneath the earth. No less than 15% of the total land area of Australia is owned or controlled by Aboriginal groups and councils. Some 700 land claims, covering 50% of the Australian landmass, await determination by the courts, and more are coming in every day. This avalanche has caused legal and bureaucratic gridlock. Few Aboriginal groups accept mediation by whites. No two groups agree on land use. Some, for instance, think that tribal land should not be exploited at all, and left sacrosanct. Others...
...worked by Burmese people who were abducted and enslaved. There should be an international ban not only on arms sales to that illegal regime but also on purchases of jewels from its mines. Burmese monks protested knowing that death, torture or some of the worst prisons in the world await them. This is a very serious statement for them to make - a statement I hope we respond to. Lynne Martineau, New Sharon, Maine...
...Americans isolated from and living above the rest of the world turned into the image of a very high, very shiny penthouse. The family hears rumblings and grumblings from outside, but this all didn’t register until too late.”PERSONAL EXPOSITIONAlthough she must await reviews of her latest endeavor, Evans is no stranger to success.She has been honored with a Fulbright Award in Visual and Performing Arts, a MacDowell Colony Fellowship, the Rella Lossy Playwriting Award, and the Weston Award in Dramatic Writing.Currently, Evans teaches introductory courses in playwriting and screenwriting at Harvard, and will...