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Lowell also enforces interhouse dining restrictions, and during opera season won't let anyone who is not a Lowellian eat there, which sucks. (As an aside: we at FlyBy think interhouse dining rules are the best real-life example of what Mankiw taught you in Ec 10 about the evils of trade restrictions. So far Lowell, Adams, Kirkland, Winthrop, Leverett, Eliot and Quincy have rules keeping people out. If you somehow manage to have friends in the 11/12 of Harvard that doesn't live in your house, you're screwed when 6 p.m. rolls around. Who gains from this insanity...
...valuable within the liberal arts philosophy of education, especially given the relative ease with which factual business information can be learned. “You can spend an afternoon reading ‘Accounting for Dummies’ and learn the accounting if you’ve first taken Ec 10 and 1010 from us,” says Miron. “And so it’s a much better use of your time from every perspective, from both the pre-professional’s perspective and an intellectual’s perspective, to study the courses that...
...spend an afternoon reading ‘Accounting for Dummies’ and learn the accounting if you’ve first taken Ec 10 and 1010 from us,” says Miron. “And so it’s a much better use of your time from every perspective, from both the pre-professional’s perspective and an intellectual’s perspective, to study the courses that we do offer, not the strictly business-oriented courses.” Student entrepreneurs know that they can benefit from a liberal arts education rather than...
...argued that even 16 students is too many for a true seminar experience) students have the opportunity to build close relationships with prestigious faculty. Sitting face to face with Professor Greg Mankiw is very different than watching him lecture from the nosebleed seats in Sanders Theatre in Ec 10. In addition to enjoying a more personalized and active experience, seminar participants can satisfy the concentration writing requirement and gain the writing skills needed to prepare juniors for their senior theses...
...clear, I am not bitter about paying $80 for a ticket I could have obtained for free. Fortunately, I collected my tickets early and escaped the extortion. A further point of clarification: I took Ec 10. I know about the value of price discrimination and increasing the overall utility by allowing market forces to settle on efficient prices. I respect—and am an advocate of—the capitalistic system. However, it is not acceptable for Harvard students to take advantage of their peers, especially for entry into an event that is devoted to fostering a sense...