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Though many particulars of the new general education system need to be worked out, there seems to be a strong consensus that the current system offers students too small of a menu and that the new system should offer a substantially expanded array of departmental courses. Indeed, under the Core, students are too often forced to take classes that are poorly taught, that do not interest them, and that are overly large and impersonal. There is no reason why the bedrock principle that a more open system is preferable should not be applied to the Core while the Faculty considers...
...over the course of the genteel discussion, in which the Dems questioned how they could better serve the BGLTSA community—perhaps the Dems’ cubicle in Hilles has a blue phone to Nancy Pelosi’s office?—a consensus emerged: Gay marriage has gained unstoppable momentum. America is coming around, it seemed. A majority of the country doesn’t even believe that gay marriage should be constitutionally banned, one student reported. Democrats, as the title of the event foreshadowed, should move beyond gay marriage to improving hate crime legislation and familiarizing...
...won’t be able to get past these seemingly immutable differences if we are not discussing the issues at hand. Although there is a near-consensus on campus on both of these issues, engaging with both sides of these debates is an important first step in preparing for life outside the Harvard bubble. It might not be as comfortable as reminiscing with friends in the Adams Upper Common Room, but maybe then we will have an actual reason to pat each other on the back...
...Democrats insist Angelides can get traction fast by hammering Schwarzenegger as a political schizophrenic who has opportunistically morphed from moderate reformer during his first campaign to a conservative extremist while pushing his special-election initiatives last year and now to centrist consensus builder as he seeks a second term. They are applauding an Angelides 30-second spot launched a few days ago attacking the Governor for being "a Republican pretending to be something...
Baker has said he wants the panel of Republicans and Democrats to come to a consensus--which has some Administration officials skeptical about how much clarity will emerge. "I welcome all these efforts," Bush said at his news conference. "My Administration will carefully consider any proposal that will help us achieve victory." That gives Bush a lot of leeway for a real course correction without saying--perhaps even knowing--what is to come from the Baker-Hamilton group. A senior Administration official says, "The only things we've ruled out are getting out immediately, phased withdrawal without any reference...