Word: contently
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...Christopher A. Bayly’s “Birth of the Modern World” in order to understand the reality of imperialism. We students of the 21st century closed our books this spring having swallowed Michel Foucault’s philosophies of ethics and power, content that our comfort with social theory extends beyond “supply and demand” and into the realm of “discourse,” “alterity,” “postcolonialism,” and other rhetoric that strikes our parents’ generation...
...theory, those in the softer sciences and humanities can, and too often do, spend their four years fleeing natural logs and derivatives. What distinguishes this problem from the converse—of math and science concentrators in humanities and social science classes—is not only the poor content of Quantitative Reasoning (QR) Core courses, but also the extent to which mathematical knowledge relies largely upon the ability to execute certain basic numerical techniques...
...would be lovely, indeed, if the faculty would take a more active role in the undergraduate component of Harvard, but they have shown little desire to do so. Instead, they’re quite content to leave the day-to-day affairs of the College to professional administrators, even though they treat those administrators like pestilent vermin not only when they interact with them, but also behind their backs. The non-faculty administrators soon to be booted from the geographical and symbolic centre of Harvard College care both personally and professionally about the undergraduates they serve. The same cannot reliably...
...intent to engage in homosexual acts” from serving. While its students are trying to change their future for the better, Harvard University claims to champion that same goal—by banning a student organization from its campus and grandstanding at its commissioning ceremony. We cannot be content to excuse the University’s mistreatment of ROTC students in an effort to make a political statement
...consider just what that swipe access represents for students here and at schools across the country. Access to higher education provides access to opportunity in its strictest sense and can be both a source of individual pride and a path of achievement for young adults. Yet, we cannot be content with the status quo in the United States. Access to quality education must continue to be expanded for students of socioeconomically and geographically diverse backgrounds. Government and administrative policies need to promote this access and nurture healthy learning environments that specifically preserve free speech...