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...administration’s absurd one-syllabus-fits-all model, which requires midterms and finals. None of these problems are new—they have been mentioned by students for years and were mentioned by the Task Force on General Education last year. But little to nothing is being done to fix these problems for students currently in the College. The solution is simple: Open up the Core, and do it immediately. Most crucially, the Core Office must begin granting a greater number of exemptions for students seeking Core credit for departmental courses. There exists no plausible reason...
...domestically, expect tough, realistic action on a number of our country’s most pressing problems. Compromise, “triangulation,” and fighting the good fight when that is what is required to get the job done. Only a person with the unmatched combination of executive and congressional experience of Hillary Clinton, on top of an entire career dedicated to the resolution of the major domestic issues of our time—medicine, education, poverty—is the whole package...
...that the prospect of departing Harvard for a precious semester is more frightening than thrilling. Close friends of mine asked me quite seriously if going abroad would be worth “missing out on” a semester at Harvard. Several others asked me what harm would be done to my “leadership positions” if I skipped town for seven months. There is genuine fear of studying abroad at Harvard—a fear that no institutional changes or innovative study abroad programs can ameliorate without a marked shift in attitude by Harvard?...
...Finally, after we held our standing-room-only interviews with the players and the coach, we got set to head out. The day was done, until another writer mentioned he needed to go to the restroom, only to find it...locked...
...neither Chinese nor American opposition has done much to dampen Taiwanese enthusiasm for the referendum. On Saturday, more than 100,000 people took to the streets in the southern port city of Kaohsiung to rally in favor of the referendum and seemingly in support of Chen's vision of a sovereign Taiwan. More than 3,000 Taiwanese expatriates attended a second protest outside U.N. headquarters in New York City. A poll released earlier this month by a Taipei-based think tank found that 47% of respondents disagreed with the U.S.'s position that the referendum was a step towards independence...