Word: coring
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...handing over my hard-earned token of thanks to the first hand that asks for it. After all, as much as Harvard-Radcliffe has given me, I still feel like I've been short-changed in many respects: a lack of women offered tenure, overcrowded lectures, a set of Core offerings that is beyond pathetic. Considering Harvard's reputation, these grievances are not trivial. If money talks, maybe I should make mine speak as loudly and as clearly as possible...
Enrollment in Literature and Arts A-22, "Poems, Poets, Poetry," has swelled, in part because many students lotteried out of Historical Study B-21, "The Warren Court and the Pursuit of Justice" and other core courses looked to replace it with Vendler's class, which also meets Mondays and Wednesdays at noon...
Among the most encouraging signs offensively for the Crimson against Colgate may be the play of sophomore flanker Josh Wilske. The relative newcomer to the receiving core beat out senior veteran Jake Heller for the starting spot in spring practice, then came out and took on most of the receiving workload on Saturday...
...cursory glance at the Core curriculum reveals Harvard's priorities--priorities that reflect the modern academic environment. Harvard requires its students to take courses in foreign language and foreign cultures--both worthy requirements-but fails to require any study of the United States. It is entirely possible to acquire a Harvard degree without giving a moment's study to America. This sort of purposeful exclusion of American studies is duplicated at universities across the country...
Americans, unlike any other people in the world, proudly proclaim themselves inhabitants of the world's greatest nation. This belief is part of the core of what makes America and Americans truly exceptional. Knowledge of those people and actions that truly make America great and genuinely separate her from other nations is a vital and fast-vanishing component of that belief. All Americans and American institutions have a duty to do their part to maintain and enhance this vital part of our nation's heritage...