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...making improvements to our campus through the construction of new classrooms and better utilization of space,” says Graduate School of Education Dean Kathleen McCartney...
...test ban was that nuclear testing increased tension between the United States and the Soviet Union, which was also testing nuclear weapons at the time. Mendelsohn said each nation would respond to the other’s tests by trying to do something “bigger or better...
...that they engage in the active pursuit of idleness, especially here at Harvard. As students, it seems that we feel that, unless we are late for one activity while typing a response paper on our BlackBerry, we are lacking purpose. For many, idleness represents a waste of precious minutes better spent involved in yet another campus activity. But without those purposeless moments spent with friends on the banks of the Charles River, I would not have been able to appreciate the significance of my other activities here over the past four years. Indeed, the very act of doing nothing...
...People will respect or not respect the UC based on how much it gets done for students,” Bowman says. “I think the UC’s reputation is...on track to be better than it ever has been...
...made Thanksgiving break as well as the shorter reading period more stressful for students. While we originally supported the calendar change on the grounds that it could reduce stress, that was evidently not its effect this year. The administration and faculty should work to adjust deadlines and workloads to better fit this new schedule, and students should go into next year prepared to cope with the demands of the new schedule...