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...results of those surveys to be published in the following year’s CUE Guide. Even more amazingly, the FAS failed to modify this policy when the issue was discussed at a Faculty meeting this spring. The comments of some professors at that meeting demonstrate the gaping disconnect that exists between the Faculty and the student body. Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield ’53 offered a comment that was as notable for its arrogance as it was for its disregard for undergraduate education: “Course evaluations introduce the rule of the less wise...
...often reason enough to take a stroll instead of peruse my inbox. And while I’m often embarrassed by my errant behavior, as it has become the enduring joke from my friends, there are times where by foolishnesses has become my escape. Irresponsibility has allowed me to disconnect, and I am all the more happy for it. It’s difficult to imagine life at Harvard without the Internet, cell phones, e-mail, instant messengers, and every other connectivity device. The proliferation of Blackberrys, Treos, and most recently, Moto Qs, have made our umbilical cords wireless, feeding...
...anything at all to come here when Harvard’s endowment alone could fund several miniature planets. Stay pissed off, angry alum. In fact, renounce any affiliation with Harvard whatsoever, burn your diploma, call the registrar and have your records expunged from all Harvard databases, disconnect yourself from the Harvard alumni network, and remove the word “Harvard” from any documents that you own, including your resume. After all, Harvard never did anything for you.Another approach is the “passive procrastination approach.” You are truly grateful that you came...
...renewable sources, even though it requires little more than a phone call to one's existing provider (I should know - I did it last week). Proportions on the Continent are slightly higher, but there's clearly no rush to go green or - shudder - stop driving cars. Why such a disconnect between information and action? Part of the problem is that environmental advocates emit mixed messages. In mid-May, Britain's Guardian published a front-page story showing that five companies in Britain produce more CO2 pollution in a year than all the country's motorists combined. That's a strong...
There was an obvious disconnect here. But the more I thought about it, the more I wondered: Hadn't most immigrants come to America to make a better life for themselves and their descendants? Who's to say that by better they didn't mean ridiculously so? Maybe the American Dream has always been supersized...