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Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) is, much like the University it protects, an elite police force—the department boasts a 1.4 percent applicant-acceptance rate compared to the College’s 9.3 percent this year.Of the 500 applicants vying for a spot in the department??��s freshman class this year, only 100 were offered an interview, and seven were finally selected to attend the rigorous 22-week training program at a police academy in Quincy, Mass.The seven graduates who were ultimately handed their guns and badges on an early morning in February are the freshest...
...disaster such as terrorism or a severe hurricane, Townsend said, the U.S. must first “define and implement a comprehensive national preparedness system.” More specifically, Townsend advocated the creation of a new headquarters for the Department of Homeland Security and the strengthening of the department??��s field resources through a homeland security university where personnel could receive training in crisis management. “We must first eliminate bureaucratic red tape” to truly create “unity of effort,” she said. The second aspect of Townsend?...
...film studies courses––208 students flocked to the Film Studies’ core offering “Literature and Arts B-11: The Art of Film,” the foundational course that used to be given through the Visual and Environmental Studies (VES) department??��–Polonsky was the only senior who wrote a senior thesis in the field this year. It’s certainly not a lack of resources that stops would-be film thesis writers. “Harvard gets the thumbs up as a place to study...
There may be some in the department who would prefer to scrap the sophomore tutorial altogether and substitute some sort of additional distributional requirement in its place—a move akin to the History department??��s decision to knock off the History 10a requirement. Certainly such a move would please faculty who view teaching Gob 97b—or nearly any course that does not closely align with a particular research interest—as a “service” task. We urge the government department not to submit to this temptation...
...government department??��s spring tutorial has perennially been unpopular with students and professors alike; it has been plagued by low student satisfaction, and the department has had difficulty attracting professors to teach it. Since it was first instituted five years ago, Gov 97b has struggled to find an identity. We hope it finds one before its next showing...