Word: detrimental
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...faculty is appointed for the 2006-2007 school year, which, absent a permanent president, is a distinct possibility, then a permanent dean will not take office until the fall of 2007. And if the review is delayed this long, it will surely lose its newfound momentum, much to the detriment of undergraduates. If Harvard College is truly the progressive institution it claims to be, it will not be stifled by the departure of a small handful of individuals. The future of the College lies in the execution of this agenda, and that execution must begin...
...e-mail.Nevertheless, Greene said she does not foresee a threat to the academic security of particular Romance languages.“I don’t believe that it will suddenly boost the study of Portuguese and Romanian (which would be a good thing in itself) at the detriment of Spanish, French, Italian and less studied romance languages such as Catalan,” she wrote. “The motivations for studying these languages will remain diverse and strong, with or without financial incentive.”According to students, though, an extra $4,000 wouldn’t hurt...
...Smith Professor of Molecular Genetics Andrew W. Murray. Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology Erin K. O’Shea will join the spring teaching staff.According to Brian N. Tse, one of two Head Teaching Fellows for the course, the rotating lecturers are a benefit rather than a detriment.“The professors’ lectures mesh really well with each other,” says Tse. “They have slightly different teaching styles that complement each other really nicely.”All four professors attend each lecture, where they sit among the students, Tse adds...
...recommended daily requirements should sound familiar: eight hours of sleep a night for adults and at least an hour more for adolescents. Yet 71% of American adults and 85% of teens do not get the suggested amount, to the detriment of body and mind. "Sleep is sort of like food," says Robert Stickgold, a cognitive neuroscientist at Harvard Medical School. But, he adds, there's one important difference: "You can be quite starved and still alive, and I think we appreciate how horrible that must be. But many of us live on the edge of sleep starvation and just accept...
...shamefully psyched for the Boxer Rebellion party. It is not as though I am ignorant to the many complaints that have cropped up against final clubs over the past several years. I listen to the arguments about the injustice in supporting clubs that perpetuate privilege to the detriment of the 90 percent of unwelcome Harvard students, and I agree—even when a friend accuses me of causing male cronyism in financial institutions because I frequent final clubs (yes, me alone). For the fourth time in my Harvard career, I’m watching as my male friends...