Word: core
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...lacked any meaningful definition of general education, pleased no one and was also quickly squashed. Once again a Faculty committee was sent to the drawing board. Unable to agree on anything and fatigued of the issue, professors last month approved a new set of proposals, which effectively upgrades the Core by redefining it with a more contemporary focus and eschewing the Core’s strict requirements on the number of papers and exams an approved General Education course must offer...
...It’s obvious that he was probably the greatest journalist of his generation. He had a core integrity that gave him credibility and power; whether he was writing about basketball or Vietnam it carried an enormous amount of weight,” said Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist J. Anthony Lewis ’48, a former Crimson managing editor. “He was a sweet man—loyal, kind, thoughtful. I just didn’t know anybody who is a better representation of journalism...
...Although the popular professor of the core class Science A-47, “Cosmic Connections,” has a sense of humor about his chosen field of expertise, he is nothing but serious when it comes to discussing his work...
...grammar by looking at languages that descended from this proto-language. Rau then uses this knowledge to study the history of the Greek and Latin languages, which are just two of the languages that descend from the Indo-European. He is the only faculty member with a core interest in this area, which he describes as “wonderful stuff, but highly obscure...
...will ultimately serve no one. When the Task Force’s preliminary report was released last October, we hoped and believed that General Education would herald a new age for undergraduate education at Harvard. Gone would be the days of inflexible requirements and begging for exemptions at the Core Office. General Education was about to heroically do away with the disenchantment of our education, replacing the Core with a slew of engaging, broad, and relevant courses.Yet as a final report gave way to legislation, faculty debate, amendments, and a final vote, we became increasingly disillusioned. Now, General Education looks...