Word: core
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...thing, the café will be built in the same place that first brought me into contact with all the best parts of Lamont: the reference room, replacing the people who are the very core of Lamont’s resources. Moreover, reports of the Lamont renovation committee suggest that the reference desk will move to the third-floor stacks. Where, then, will we put the students who study there? And how will the main reading room preserve any quiet...
...come to Harvard in spite of this less-than-thrilling experience, but my complaining was only getting started. I was lucky enough to live with wonderful roommates during my freshman year. They got to know me, never judged me, and became my salvation as I struggled with my science Core courses and endured the skin-piercing winds that turned my walks to Annenberg into Alaskan expeditions. But these bitter elements soon melted into the month of March, bringing with it an entirely new challenge: blocking. I wound up in Currier, while my roommates—some of the closest friends...
...moving. The review is the work of eight different committees, the most wide-reaching and controversial of which was the Committee on General Education. The Gen Ed report has generally been received favorably because there is rightfully a general consensus, among undergraduates and many faculty members alike, that the Core is antiquated and broken. It seeks to teach “approaches to knowledge” without any reference to the knowledge being approached. The result is students who may excel in cocktail party details but are not necessarily broadly educated.The first and key proposal involves replacing the current Core...
...billion empire into 11 pieces over a 10-year period. The Chicago Tribune reported this past January that the 11 heirs succeeded in dividing the Pritzker fortune, although the details of the deal have not been released to the public. Pritzker, along with her two cousins, still run the core of the family enterprise.Sherwood-Randall says that the ordeal has been painful because, after Pritzker’s mother became ill, Pritzker had become the legal guardian to her two brothers who were later involved in the lawsuit.“I admire her dignity and discretion in handling this...
...season that wasn’t necessarily reflected in the rankings. “I’m really pleased the way the technique has improved—the way the knowledge of tactics have improved,” Graves said. “We, as a core group, even as early as next year, are going to really produce some much-improved results.” —Staff writer Daniel J. Rubin-Wills can be reached at drubin@fas.harvard.edu...