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After a semester-long process of so-called debate and deliberation, the Harvard University Committee on Calendar Reform finally released its recommendations in late March. Charged with finding ways to coordinate the academic schedules of Harvard’s many schools to facilitate cross-registration, the Committee’s chief proposal is to move final exams to before winter break throughout Harvard. Four out of nine of Harvard’s schools already use such a schedule, and the committee’s bias—as well as the bias of University President Lawrence H. Summers?...
...prototypes, yet the superiority of their schedules is still in question. Although it appears December finals are all but inevitable, it does not follow that the other five schools—the College included—should have to shape their calendars on the mold of the other four. Cross-registration alone does not merit trashing the schedules of five Harvard schools...
...Scherer isn’t dissatisfied. A frequent enrollee in graduate courses in Native studies, including Professor Kalt’s cross-faculty course Native Americans in the 21st Century: Nation Building I & II, fall and spring courses partially funded by HUNAP, Scherer says he has found “fantastic” support from faculty...
...information gathered in the results of the survey is exceptionally valuable for determining how the College can improve the experiences of its students. Part of the survey remains the same each year to allow for cross-year comparisons and part changes depending on the desired focus for the year. With the curricular review in progress, the survey given to the Class of 2003 asked 40 of its 72 questions about the academic experience at the college. But while discussions rage about how the College’s academic program can be improved, most of the results of these survey questions...
...java, thanks to surgery last summer to repair a leaky bladder. The problem had plagued Bartosh, 61, ever since the birth of her first child 41 years ago but had grown noticeably worse in the past decade. "Every time I coughed or sneezed," she says, "I had to cross my legs to stop leaking or else die from embarrassment." Bartosh had to limit her liquid intake, and maxi pads became a wardrobe staple. After years of feeling ashamed, she finally saw a urologist. "I was looking for a way to make the quality of my life better...