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...took just two minutes for Theresa Jackson to get sterilized. On a recent afternoon in Gallatin, Tenn., the 35-year-old mother of three lay on an exam table in the office of her ob-gyn, Dr. Alan Bennett, with her feet in stirrups and her husband by her side. She was awake and relaxed enough to let me watch (weird, I know) as Bennett inserted first a thin camera into her uterus and then, using a video monitor as a guide, a small coil into each of her Fallopian tubes. Afterward, Jackson walked to her car and went home...
...representatives from the Registrar’s office argued that the costs of administering exams—$300,000 per exam period—reduces the feasibility of moving the Jan. 20 exams...
...yesterday, more than 600 people have petitioned the College to accommodate students’ concerns in light of the historical nature of this inauguration. One class that—ironically—had its exam scheduled for Jan. 20, Government 1540: “The American Presidency,” did get its test moved up a week earlier...
...spite of the petition, the administration cited other barriers in addition to the costs associated with rescheduling exams: exam periods are planned two years in advance and more than 2,000 undergraduates are set to take exams on Jan. 20 for almost 40 different classes...
Most Harvard courses teach the traditional way: books, lectures, and a final exam. But the members of Lebônê Solutions, Inc., who met in Engineering Sciences 147: “Idea Translation: Effecting Change through the Arts and Sciences,” had a final project that took them beyond the classroom. The team members, who are current Harvard students and recent graduates, are looking to implement off-the-grid energy technology that uses the microbial fuel cells in dirt to produce cost-efficient energy that can be brought to the rural and un-powered areas of Africa...