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...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...
...It’s no surprise that more Harvard undergraduates defect from the sciences than the other way around. The temptations are strong and many: fewer hours in lab, easier Core courses, a more flexible homework schedule, and Thursday nights free from problem sets. Science concentrators routinely spend more than 15 hours per week in class and lab, while our humanities and social sciences counterparts rarely crack that number...
...encourage this collaboration, the institute set up “core facilities” to provide technology and equipment that is “beyond the means of most individual labs,” according to its Web site...
...Don’t get me wrong; as anyone would expect, Harvard students learn a lot of facts, concepts, and even “approaches to knowledge” that the Core tries, usually painfully, to impart. After four years at the College, I understand most of economics, can hold my own in discussions on medieval literature, and discourse on various theories of justice...