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...problem is that the report is stalled in consultations and has not been publicly released yet. Until it is released, the faculty cannot vote on its recommendations. At the moment, the administration seems completely preoccupied with the College’s financial troubles. We understand and sympathize with this focus. But, while Ad Board reform will not save a dollar, let alone the $200 million needed to cover this year’s FAS deficit, this is one issue on which a marginal increase in attention from the administration and Faculty would result in considerable goodwill from students. After...
...this course for over a decade, although this year he revamped it to present the material in a different way—emphasizing point of view, voice, and narration, as well as narrative structure and plot. Holinger says that he devotes a lot of time in this course to focusing on the students’ own work and discussing the process behind writing a novel. According to Holinger, “Writing a novel is a huge enterprise. Everyone does it differently, and so we discuss process in just about every class.”In addition, Holinger also invites...
...hope to see the Dream Act passed soon. The Dream Act would allow the children of illegal immigrants to take advantage of federal funds to pursue higher education—an obvious step in the right direction for the integration of illegal immigrants into American society. Finally, while the focus of this legislation deals primarily with low-wage immigrants, we should seize upon this opportunity to also raise the cap on H-1B visas in order to attract highly skilled laborers who would help bolster the American economy. America has always been a country of hope, equality, and, of course...
...read on the earth.” Iweala was hooked. After switching to English, Iweala stuck it out as a pre-med to fulfill a desire to study something “practical.” Doing so meant a heavy workload, but writing a creative thesis let him focus on something he loved. “My last year at Harvard made going to Harvard really, really worth it, which corresponded to writing a thesis,” Iweala says. During his junior year, Iweala had had the chance to meet former child soldier China Keitetsi when she came...
...dreamed of being a rock star, an astronaut, or a firefighter. While other kids were still picking their noses, Ganeshananthan was already thinking about fiction. When Ganeshananthan entered Harvard in the fall of ’98, she already knew she wanted to be a writer. This knowledged helped focus her academic career. “I wanted to write a creative thesis and the only way I could do that was in English, so I knew I wanted to be an English major and get certain grades,” she says. Under the guidance of Professor Jamaica Kincaid...