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...teaching. Perhaps it might consider extending the course over a full year or instituting “flavored” sections, in which subjects in the course are more deeply pursued. Finally, if tenured faculty cannot be found to satisfy the demand and need for such a course with enthusiasm, there is no shame in turning to hiring lecturers who are genuinely interested in providing this type of broad introduction to western civilization...
...pretty obvious tenet for general education, but you’d be hard pressed to find this view articulated in the pages of the final report of the Harvard College Curricular Review (HCCR). The burden of this ongoing curricular review lies on the shoulders of the Faculty, whose enthusiasm and care for research and education must outlast the students who cycle in and out of this College in rapid succession. But why would Sandel, a leading member of the HCCR’s Committee on General Education, articulate this now, three years after the review’s inception...
...search into the inner workings of the Internet-service giant Google turned up enthusiasm for the brilliance behind its simplicity and success and for its "don't be evil" mantra. But disillusion has already struck for those who think Google trashed that tenet by censoring its way into China's cyberspace I very much enjoyed your article on the Google empire [Feb. 20]. But did Time's reporters walk out of the Googleplex, the company's headquarters in Mountain View, California, really understanding why Google is so successful? Google's triumph lies in its enormous user base. Growing that base...
...Undergraduate Council volunteered its website as a forum for student voting, Hufstedler and Rhodes sent out emails over house lists and recruited eight bands for the contest. Over the course of 48 hours, approximately 600 students cast their votes and elected five competitors for the battle.Contestants have expressed enthusiasm for the battle. Linus’ drummer Matthew W. Smith ’07 says he views the event as a chance to “see what other bands’ sounds are like,” while Maya’s drummer Dhaval Chadha ’08 mentions...
...uneasiness that ensued over the next hour and ten minutes, from Orlando International Airport to my temporary home at the Holiday Inn, could easily have been the subject of an episode of Larry David’s HBO series, “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” There was not a single word of English spoken between my new Venezuelan, Dominican and Puerto Rican teammates. I would venture to say that there were at least five good laughs at the expense of the white kid in the back with the “Harvard Baseball” t-shirt...