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...Summers.It’s a truism that Harvard’s advising—if you can call it that—is in shambles. At long last, Harvard appears to be paying some attention. But the appointment of a dean of advising this spring is a quick fix, a cosmetic solution to a systemic problem. It allows the College to say it is addressing the issue without doing anything fundamental about it.The problem lies deeper. I do not have an adviser. My department, economics, does not assign them to its undergraduates. Instead, there are departmental walk-in advising...
...It’s not going to be easy to fix this,” Kelley says, “but if we can’t make public education work here, there is no hope for public education in a diverse, urban environment anywhere...
Democrats lately recognize the perils of entropy and have started taking steps to fix it. Democratic leaders told TIME that in coming weeks, the party will coalesce around several working-class issues, including raising the minimum wage and increasing student loans, which the leaders believe will appeal to voters concerned about values. Emanuel's candidates will sign on to a "Six in '06" list of issues with a populist theme. Dean, who says the party should appeal to Evangelicals, will echo those working-class appeals this fall with a push on values. And Pelosi has promised that bills along those...
...time,” she said. Having lived in the Philippines, New Zealand, and London, Simmons is a seasoned international scholar. Her favorite place in the world, however, is closer to home. “Cambridge, Massachusetts,” she answered. “If they fix the potholes.” —Staff writer Lulu Zhou can be reached at luluzhou@fas.harvard.edu...
...well into this fascinating movie - about a crafty old tailor and money lender named Geremia (Giacomo Rizzo - before we realize that the old woman is the aged mother Geremia dutifully cares for, the young woman is a Romanian refugee whom a matchmaker tries fruitlessly to fix up with Geremia, and the volleyball girls are his one erotic release in an otherwise mean existence...