Word: cum
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...fact that this puerile theory won Hart a cum laude degree may be the worst indictment of Dartmouth in the book. But more importantly, there goes Ben Hart again, trying to claim art and Babe Ruth for the Republicans. The dispiritedness and aimlessness of liberals today feeds this sort of foolishness. Liberals themselves made similar claims in 1964, when Lyndon Johnson and a slew of liberal Congressmen seemed to sweep Republicans into eternal oblivion. The Republicans came back swinging...
...being an at-home auteur is one's fantasy, then the camera-cum-portable recorder cannot compare with the new generation of color video cameras containing built-in recorders. Dubbed camcorders, these new contraptions are lightweight (between 4 Ibs. and 7 Ibs.) and hand held. Once again, there are Beta and VHS versions. The VHS will record up to 20 minutes of video and sound on a single, tiny cassette. To watch the minimovie, the viewer can plug the camcorder directly into a television set or slip the miniature tape into an adapter that will play it back...
Students nominated for cum laude by their department must now also carry a general gpa of a 10 (B-minus) and at least a B-minus in two-thirds of their non-department courses. For magna seekers, the gpa must be 12 (B-plus) and the minumum grade B, while the requirements are stiffer still for summa candidates...
Candidates for cum laude in the departments would have to get at least a C-minus in 24 of their letter-graded courses--instead of a D-minus in 21 courses--and their overall gpa would have to be 10.5 instead of 10. Also, the straight gpa of candidates for cum laude in general studies would have to be 11.5, instead...
Finally, while the general move to toughen and simplify the requirements is well-founded, it does not go far enough. Making a B-minus the ground-floor requirement for a cum laude degree is almost meaningless because the vast majority of grades in courses of Harvard are B-minus or better anyway. The Faculty would be well-advised to up the minimum average grade for an honors degree to at least a B. If should also be prepared to bend these grade requirements for those students who write exceptional senior theses, often the most significant academic experience in an undergraduate...