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...join the class that were supposed to last 15 minutes turned into 3-hour-long roundtables. The class itself meets twice a week for a total of four hours and frequently melts into after-hours, informal discussions at Russell’s Memorial Drive apartment. In all, students commit anywhere from 10 to 20 hours per week on the seminar.Seemingly intimidating, Russell’s approach is hardly a stuffy, austere pursuit.First, Russell is tremendously entertaining, packing his informal lectures with one-liners. From Stalin—“the best friend of lepidopterists?...
What are the common principles underlying all these efforts? There are several, and they are important. From the beginning of this review, our most important aim has been to re - commit our Faculty to the central task of educating undergraduates. As Harvard grew into a major research university over the course of the past century, faculty time and energy has naturally been drawn also to graduate education and to professional activities beyond the Yard. Yet Harvard College remains at the heart of our enterprise, attracting the best students in the world, setting standards for excellence across and beyond the University...
However, other students said that they had more ideological reasons for their reluctance to commit to any one particular ethnic background...
...said that the large number of similar causes on campus makes it difficult for students to commit their energies to the SOLE campaign...
...proud of their humanitarian work--building and road repair, medical treatment and trash collection, all crucial tasks in a country where basic services have all but collapsed. (The U.S., which sent 20,000 troops into Haiti in 1994, is not part of MINUSTAH and has refused to commit troops.) The Brazilians, however, recognize that the Mission has been unable to provide widespread security or stop the crime and political killings that plague Haiti. The proliferation of guns continues to increase along with drug trafficking across the porous border of the Dominican Republic and miles of unmanned coastline, making the country...