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Last week, the New York Times argued that the scholar-athlete, who could perform as well in the classroom as on the field, is a relic of the past—and one to be sorely missed. Athletes, unlike fine musicians or writers, simply cannot “add to the intellectual and cultural stew that makes college campuses exciting.” (To be honest, I doubt I was accepted for this particular reason, either.) Pointing to data collected by James Shulman and William Bowen, the Times dismissed any contributions athletes might make at a school: they self-segregate...
...very academic,” he said. “We had a discussion of race in the classroom...
...only assume that these claims are made by people who suffer from the myopic view that education is restricted to what one learns in a classroom. Lectures and problems sets cannot substitute for the personal testimony that students often offer one another in the sanctity of state clubs meeting rooms...
...It’s especially unfortunate for the students because there are so few truly interesting and dynamic lecturers in the economic department. Many professors have gained a lot of prestige in their research, but lack certain teaching abilities in the classroom, but Sachs definitely posessed both qualities,” said Rani Yadav ’03, who took Sachs’ popular Core class, Social Analysis 60; “The Wealth and Poverty in the World Economy...
...requisite handbook. In its Science Center office, history and science provided a comfortable sofa and chairs for 10 or so interested first-years. But the Chinese takeout whose odor wafted from an office room was not for students but faculty only. Religion held its meeting in a Barker Center classroom; again, no food...