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...College that is regular, voluntary, and unlimited. It’s a little far from campus—ideally it’d be located where University Hall is—but I think we’ll be alright. Harry Lewis, predictably, disagrees with this. He likens the creation of the Harvard pub to “the fine tradition of rulers calming their citizens by providing entertainment and alcohol.” If Lewis had his way, he’d either abolish the carnivals or continue them in order to placate students. The former move would...
...believe that we really can tell the distance that light has traveled when we perceive it. I don't believe in the Big Bang any more than I buy the parting of the Red Sea. The supposed noise from the Big Bang could just be noise from everyday creation and destruction occurring in the universe. Unfortunately, a lot of science and religion has evolved into fantasies that provide grandiose explanations for questions that might never be answered...
When Congress called for the creation of individualized education programs for special-ed students, the process was designed to be a collaboration between schools and parents, a compromise between scarce dollars and infinite hope. But often there is no such thing as a happy medium. School districts spent approximately $146 million resolving special-ed disputes in 2000, when some 11,000 parents of disabled students asked for due-process hearings to try to get more services for their children. This year the Department of Education expects about 14,000 parents to request such a proceeding, which Peter Wright, a special...
...become more generous with [Core] bypasses, for example,” he said. The review’s General Education Committee drafted a revised report this summer that is expected to be unveiled within weeks. Previous incarnations of the committee have recommended the elimination of the Core and the creation of broad distribution requirements combined with interdisciplinary courses in general education. Knowles also appeared to be moving to address a concern for some professors under his predecessor, Geisinger Professor of History William C. Kirby, who came under fire from some department chairs for allegedly providing too little transparency...
...jumping-off point to further exploration in the sciences. Unlike some Cores (ahem, Moral Reasoning) where every offering is basically the same course with 10 different names, each Science B touches on a different topic, from the anatomy of dinosaurs to the mechanics of human vision or the creation of our planet. Pick your poison...