Word: core
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...Life is too short for anger, and yet, it is too long not to reflect on experience.”GEN ED IN LIMBOBeyond the good-byes of the two most powerful members of the Faculty, the meeting foreshadowed the looming debate over what will succeed the Core Curriculum.Kirby announced that incoming Interim President Derek C. Bok had called on the dean to appoint a committee of professors to draft legislation for the fall on the next system of general education. But the shape of that system, as speeches in the last half hour of yesterday’s meeting...
...frankly, not really seeing the point of it, I almost put it off indefinitely, until I realized that this would be my last chance to recognize a phenomenal learning experience. There are plenty of problems with TF consistency—which I detailed thoroughly in my senior survey. The Core was kind of ridiculous—and is thus being abolished—and I took a few classes in which I spent hours contemplating the number of ways you can kill a man with a single stick of pencil lead. But there were other classes that I was excited...
...reporting on the controversial Roman Catholic society Opus Dei [April 24]. I have been a supernumerary member for 13 years, and I am still struggling to do my work well in order to please God. Are we conservative? Well, if you consider Opus Dei's efforts to conserve the core values of Christ's ministry, then yes, that is indeed true. But terms that are more descriptive of the character of Opus Dei are faithfulness and fidelity to the teaching of the Catholic Church. Studying Christ's teachings as expounded by the church and trying to live my life...
...dropped sharply. A Republican strategist close to the Bush team says of the secret collection of the nation's phone records, "On the surface of this, it appears government is extending a little farther than was discussed last fall. This is the kind of thing that a lot of core conservatives aren't crazy about. They see it as government overstepping its bounds, without it being clear what the end product is and how all this information is going to be used...
...introductory economics course. Most significantly, students will now be able to divide Social Analysis 10 with credit—meaning that signing up for the course doesn’t lock a student in for both semesters of the year-long course. And undergraduates with a social analysis Core requirement to fulfill will only need to take the first semester to do so, without having to file a petition first. “There have always been a very, very small number of students who have been allowed for whatever reason by the Social Analysis 10 staff to divide with...