Word: confi
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...gone. Nobody cared. But like some of history’s greatest heroes—Michael Jordan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Derek Bok—we’ve decided to come back for Round Two. Why, you ask? Well, we polled students and found that approximately 17 percent described The Confi Guide as “interesting,” though approximately 14 percent said we were “boring.”* From these numbers we were able to scientifically conclude that there was once again a demand for completely one-sided, marginally-useful, and vaguely-humorous course advice...
...lack of departmental structure. Seemingly half the course catalog is up for grabs. Advisors are a little too eager to make you choose your own path, so you may be tempted to just throw darts at the Courses of Instruction rather than narrow it down yourself. Instead, listen to Confi and start with Ryan’s cross-listed class, Comparative Literature 161, “Modernist Movements.” In typical Lit fashion, it serves up an otherwise tired topic with interdisciplinary, multilingual style. Along with the standard Eliot and Pound, students read in several languages, listen...
...academic horizons, many students trudge through the Core by taking whatever fits their schedule, doing as little work as possible, and adhering to the cram-and-purge school of exam-taking. The Curricular Review promises big changes to all this—eventually.But until that day comes, use the Confi Guide as a primer on using (and abusing?) the Core, especially for incoming freshmen (and you juniors who still have six Cores left to kill).Those of you who wish to use the Core as your gateway to academic experimentation are welcome to, though this primer probably won?...
Much of this preoccupation can be initially attributed to over-zealous parents. When I came here for pre-frosh weekend, the free Confi guide I received (if you haven't seen it, that is because it's now online) had a picture of two parents who were certifiably freaking out with their eyeballs bulging and their mouths agape in terror. "Our son's concentrating in Folk and Myth" read the caption. My parents didn't react in quite the same way, at least not within my earshot. But they were under the impression, perhaps, that this was all "just...