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...them (with multidisciplinary exposure simply meaning broader perspective), and so, under the old structure, joint concentrators were forced to make connections between their interests. Now, by shifting the emphasis from gaining perspective to gaining compartmentalized sets of knowledge, secondary fields will narrow a student’s intellect, not broaden it. SARITHA KOMATIREDDY ’05 Washington, D.C. April 6, 2006 The writer was a Crimson editorial editor...
...more enlightened drinking laws that govern the rest of humanity. But for a country that will soon face rapidly intensifying political, economic, and military challenges, encouraging trips that are essentially extended vacations might not be the best strategy. Brooks is right to suggest that American students do more to broaden their horizons and dispel the “provincialism” that too often seems to characterize them. By all means. Let young Americans spend more time in other countries. Let them travel, and let them learn foreign languages by the dozen. But if one is serious about maintaining America?...
...what careers are out there for women,” said Tracy E. Nowski ’07, SWSG’s co-director of programs. “We especially tried to incorporate careers that are typically male-dominated in our workshops in an attempt to really broaden the girls’ horizons.” Hands-on activities kept the girls actively engaged throughout the day. During the science workshop, the girls became chemists, performing what science workshop co-leader Jennifer E. Zora ’06 described as a “fun and tasty experiment?...
...Sadr does have one potential trump card: his strident anti-Americanism has helped him broaden his support base, so that many Iraqi Sunnis regard him as the only Shi'ite leader they can trust. Sunni groups contributed men and material to support the Mahdi Army's uprisings against U.S. forces, and elements of the Mahdi Army fought alongside Sunni insurgents in the battle of Fallujah in fall 2004. "He is somebody who has fought against the occupying forces," says Abdul Salam al-Kubaisi, spokesman for the Association of Muslim Scholars, the leading Sunni clerical body. "All other Shi'ite leaders...
...things change and I decided I wanted to try again.” He seems to be enjoying the job so far. Krukowski’s Expos section, “Music and Its Environment,” analyzes avant-garde recordings in class, pushing students to broaden and even redefine their ideas about art. For Krukowski, it is certainly the closest intersection of school and music in all his time at Harvard. He doesn’t discuss his own songwriting in Expos and says he is not aware, “particularly, that my students know what...