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Because of reading period and exam period, The Crimson will publish only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during the next four weeks. We will briefly return to our daily schedule during Commencement week...
...UNDERGRADUATE COUNCIL'S current proposal to reform Harvard's calendar is a step in the right direction. But the Council recommendation--which would condense winter and spring exam periods by two days and facilitate a slightly longer intersession and a slightly earlier summer dismissal--does not go far enough. If we want to fix the flaws of the archaic calendar, we should do it right. Here...
...Shorten the winter and spring exam periods: Again, two weeks is too long. Harvard could finish exams in 10 days without much of a problem. Phone polls have indicated that students favor the proposal and are willing to accept the increased chance of having two exams in one day in exchange for a less dreadfully extended exam period. Instead of hanging around Cambridge waiting to take finals, we could be skiing by mid-January and home...
...they are, no matter how reasonable arguments for change may be. That's why we still have final clubs, baked fish pizziola and a dearth of women and minorities on the faculty. And that's why it's going to be hard to change the face of reading and exam periods...
...some council members said they thought students polled might not have realized that a condensed exam period meant that exams would be more closely packed...