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While at first, Gen Ed??s required lower-level classes in the Humanities and Social Sciences, such as Social Sciences 2, would cover a broad array of thought—like the definition of love by different philosophers—they eventually devolved into more specialized classes, like Humanities 25: “Civilization of Continental and Island Portugal.” Gen Ed??s middle-level courses—which could be replaced with two departmental alternatives for each slot—were even more specialized...
...primary cause of angst on FML seems to be whether the writer’s “friends” are conspiring against him. More generally, though, adolescence tends to represent the stage in life in which one’s life is “f***ed?? by social forces beyond one’s control, often represented by parents, teachers, or peer pressure. This feeling of adolescent helplessness is the analog for our current economic condition. As a teenager, one’s fundamental capabilities seem undefined and one’s independence constantly under...
Former Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis—one of Gen Ed??s most vocal critics—expressed his wariness of a normative curricular discussion...
...intransigent ways, batting aside India’s demand for action against perpetrators of 26/11 and putting paid to any hope that it might bend under international pressure.”That this sort of writing—which the Washington Post might run in a controversial op-ed??is regularly published on Indian front pages with nary a raised eyebrow, certainly makes for more interesting media. Even Americans used to Bush’s chats with Bono might be shocked by the spectacular and celebrity-saturated character of Indian journalism. Opinionated, snappily-written news stories...
...classes approved were in the sciences—an area in which the committee has had trouble recruiting professors to teach new courses for a general audience. The environmental science course Science B-35: “How To Build a Habitable Planet” will count toward Gen Ed??s Science of the Physical Universe requirement. Life and Physical Sciences A: “Foundational Chemistry and Biology” was approved for the Science of Living Systems category. On the humanities side, folklore and mythology professor Maria Tatar’s popular Core class, Literature...