Word: connectedness
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At first, the proposal for Harvard College Courses, the broad and ill-defined replacement for the Core put forth in last month’s report on the curricular review, seemed merely incompetent. But administrators were evidently motivated by another, less-than-savory rationale, buried deep within the report in...
Like the Vietnam and the Civil War before it, the conflict in Iraq has become a rich man’s war and a poor man’s fight. The draft sending kids to Iraq may be an informal, economic one—but it is no less effective...
This freedom also helps House life once first-years move off the Yard. Randomization was good for Harvard, but if students have absolutely no control over who lives with them, they will be less attached to their Houses. The Harvard system allows students to make sure that they will be...
Perhaps the biggest red flag is the auction that Google will use to distribute shares. The process allows all investors to enter a bid. That's fairer than most IPOs, in which only the well-connected get a chance. But unlike a typical auction, in which the highest bid sets...
In February the U.S. Army suspended 17 guards at the prison. It became clear why last week, when pictures taken at the jail by the guards themselves were obtained and broadcast by CBS News. Image after image showed that soldiers at the prison had made sport of abusing and humiliating...