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...emphasis on approaches to knowledge—with a program focused on subject matter. Over a dozen professors spoke—some endorsed the proposal, while others rose to criticize its rationale and the five broad areas of inquiry it would create. Bass Professor of English and American Literature and Language Louis Menand, the other co-chair of the general education committee, characterized the overall faculty reception as positive. “There’s clarity and enthusiasm for this option,” Menand said of the subject-matter model. Simmons said she expected further discussion of that...
...helps to bring him to justice at the International Criminal Tribunal in the Hague. Though not showing at the HFA’s festival, the film is due to hit German screens in 2007, and American independent theaters shortly thereafter. All films at the festival will screen with English subtitles. Admission is $8, $6 for students and senior citizens. —Staff writer Will B. Payne can be reached at payne@fas.harvard.edu...
...Maria Full of Grace”), and Ana Claudia Talancon (“Alone With Her”) successfully play out the drama of illegal immigrant workers at the meatpacking plant. Their acting can be deemed “successful” probably because they spoke in Spanish with English subtitles; their speeches about drug use and American materialism felt less forced than correlating political rants by their English-speaking cast mates. Ashley Johnson (“Nearing Grace”) and Paul Dano (“Little Miss Sunshine”) complete the fast food trinity as employees...
...talented public speakers who could easily teach courses in the area—particularly those in the humanities and social sciences—and staff at the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning specialize in teaching such skills. Future courses could fall under many departments: Dramatic Arts, English, Government, or a new area established especially for such a purpose...
...responsible for the general education proposal and its revisions, according to Nowski. The Undergraduate Council (UC), which appoints the students who serve on the CUE, held a town hall meeting at the end of last month on the general-education report with task force co-chairs Bass Professor of English and American Literature and Language Louis Menand and Professor of Philosophy Alison Simmons. The meeting gave council members and undergraduates the opportunity to share their views and ask questions of the co-chairs. The preliminary report established the “idea that general education is meant to tie what...