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...information contained in academic guidebooks normally distributed in hard copy to all Harvard students each fall, the administration has wisely responded to a larger national trend in a way that could greatly benefit the Harvard community. The online versions of the formerly printed guidebooks will make it considerably easier to keep information up to date at all times. Before, it was often the case that the print version of the Courses of Instruction did not include all courses offered in a particular department, whereas the online version did. Converting entirely to an e-version will both eliminate confusion and, because...
...wartime occurrences) but Lind’s gift for eccentric descriptions of characters and events transforms the more gruesome and explicit scenes into something strangely pallatable. Lind’s descriptions endow the starved, inhuman, and ruthless characters of the war with unreal qualities that make the whole narrative easier to digest. Ironically, this seemingly simplistic, almost whimsical lens allows Lind to humanize the effect of the war on people. For instance, Bachmann meets a deserter named Schnotz, who has become so much like a woodland creature as a result of his time away from human company that Bachmann initially...
...school and stopped preparing for them in college.” The exam is not representative of pure mathematics, according to Boreico. “It’s different because of the limited amount of time,” he said. “The questions are much easier than math research questions but you have to be very quick and careful.” Teams of three students are chosen to represent their schools each year, but students can also participate individually. Boreico and Alex Zhai ’12 were among the top 16 ranking individuals, each...
...populist issue addressed may make the meeting an easier sell for the participants back home: executive pay. The leaders accepted a series of recommendations by their finance experts that would lead to sharper oversight of compensation and bonuses and tie them more specifically to long-term performance. In other words, there was something for everyone. Rudd's conclusion, echoed by many other delegates: "People beforehand said there would be a divide, but in fact there was an overwhelming drive toward achieving real action, real commitments and real timelines." Or as Obama put it: "I think...
...slogans or defaced portraits of Obama visible in the protest camp on Thursday. Asked if Obama had complicated the activists' message, Roel Stynen, 28, a Belgian philosophy graduate from the organization Vredesactie (Peace Action), answered, "Yes, definitely. The Belgian government has said as much, that it was a lot easier to refuse requests from Bush." The demonstrators hurled their bottles at riot police in central Strasbourg on Thursday afternoon before being dispersed by tear gas. Some things have not changed. While activists may take comfort in the arrival of the usual suspects to protest at the NATO summit...