Word: excellence
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Harvard doesn't excel in the diversity of its speakers; the vast majority of Commencement speakers in recent decades have been world political leaders. One of things I dislike about the Institute of Politics' seeming monopoly on big-name speeches at Harvard is that the majority of outside leaders who come through campus are politicians, as if they are the only noteworthy people and role models in the world. We need more scholars, artists and true heroes at Commencement. Or how about a controversial figure? I suppose that in order to withstand Harvard's rigorous standards for selection, most Commencement...
Because of a revised Microsoft policy, students can no longer access Microsoft programs, including Word and Excel, in their rooms through the Harvard network...
Like students, Faculty have had to makeadjustments following the policy change. Preceptorin Cellular and Molecular Biology Lauraine A.Dalton wrote in an e-mail message that spreadsheetprograms aid in efficient calculations in somebiology courses, and that the departmentrecommended Excel in the past because it wasaccessible from Macs...
Because of the new policy, she noted thedepartment will still recommend a spreadsheetprogram, but will not specify Excel. Additionally,it will offer example calculations in the programsoffered on the Harvard network...
Call it an instinct. I assumed that we, the multi-talented students at Harvard, would excel equally on the other side of the desk. After all, above all else, the classroom is our niche and homework our most cultivated habit...