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...period coming to a close today, it is particularly important that we consider what January means at Harvard, and how that value can be maintained for the benefit of students and professors. January is a time of year when, after break, we can enjoy a more leisurely reading and exam period than other schools get. Between Winter break and reading week, we enjoy plenty of time to prepare for exams and papers without having to dive into that work directly at the close of term, as happens in the Spring. However, the latest proposal to come from the Curricular Review...
Gentlemen: I must confess serious doubts about the efficacy—or even the integrity—of the “classic” exam period editorial, “Beating the System,” you reprinted recently. I almost suspect this so-called “Donald Carswell ’50” of being rather one of Us—the Bad Guys—than one of you. If your readers have been following Mr. Carswell’s advice for the last 11 years, then your readers have been going down the tubes...
...YouthBuild, which gives unemployed low-income young people in neighborhoods around the country a chance to complete their education and rebuild their communities by creating affordable housing. In exchange for their service, they get a stipend and spend half their time in classes to take the high school equivalency exam and prepare for college. Dorothy Stoneman ’63 started YouthBuild in 1978 in East Harlem and funded it initially by appealing to local organizations and later private foundations. But it wasn’t until 1994 that the program was given federal funding to support replicating the model...
With finals looming, the Harvard men’s swimming and diving team passed its toughest non-conference exam of the season last Saturday, upsetting No. 21 North Carolina (UNC) in Chapel Hill...
...past years, Harvard Shuttle Services has instituted 24-hour service in effect from January 6th through 27th to serve students better during reading and exam periods, when libraries have extended hours...