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...Delegate Hunt An unprecedented number of Americans will vote in primaries and caucuses on Feb. 5, a result of states elbowing ahead on the electoral calendar. While both parties have varying rules for allocating delegates, the sheer number of contests forces candidates to target just a handful of key states...
...Curricular Review appears to finally be making progress, albeit slowly. Although recommendations in the April 2004 Report on the Harvard College Curricular Review proposed calendar reform, only now is the proposal coming to fruition. In the past, we have criticized the anticipated calendar change and its complimentary January term (J-term). But given that we do have a J-term, the administration should make the options for J-term as inclusive as possible. In the J-term we envision, Harvard would offer multiple options for students in January, beyond just an extended vacation for the entire period. For example...
Just under a year ago, Harvard announced that it would change its calendar. For undergraduates, the reason was clear: We deserve a proper winter break, without January exams looming, and long enough for international students to go home for the holidays. Yet, when the new calendar takes effect in the fall of 2009, undergraduates will get just 13 days off for winter break—fewer than under the current calendar. This is disappointing. In an e-mail last May, interim University President Derek C. Bok promised students that, under the new calendar, “students would finish fall...
...calendar should instead mandate a four- or five-week break, during which students would be entirely free to decide what to do with their time—be it travel, get an internship, or just relax at home—except return to campus for class. Students who wish to remain on campus should, of course, be allowed to do so, just as they are presently permitted stay through winter break. We hope that Harvard will provide new funding for travel during the break, and also that undergraduates will take a real, much-needed break during the holidays...
...celebrating Scotland's Bard is not just the preserve of organized societies, expats, or golf clubs. Elsewhere in London, pubs are throwing haggis buffets, Ceilidh dances are sold out, and traditional formal suppers are spreading over the calendar. As singer and TV presenter Fiona Kennedy points out in her after-haggis speech at the Caledonian Club, back in her hometown of Aberdeen, Burns Night now stretches over so many days that it's referred to as Ramadram...