Word: formality
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...student groups. The Harvard Box Office fee for selling tickets—$0.50 each—ends up draining the funds of student groups, according to Banta. Mather pays hundreds of dollars to the Box Office to sell tickets for events such as the Mather Lather and House formal, Banta said. Black Men’s Forum President Charles J. Hamilton ’07 called for the repeal of the University Hall tax on the student group gift fund. The tax is 5 percent this year and will increase to 15 percent in three years. The UC estimates that...
...Summers and then letting him stay on,” said Everett I. Mendelsohn, a history of science professor and member of the Faculty Council.In the face of widespread criticism of the process that chose Summers, this year’s search committee created and is now consulting with formal student and faculty advisory groups, a step unprecedented in Harvard’s recent history. The power of picking the next president still rests squarely with the nine people on the search committee—the six fellows of the Harvard Corporation, the University’s top governing board...
...Over the past 230 years, the definition of economics has changed from topic to method. While economics was originally defined by the task of running a government and then the understanding of formal markets, the field has come to define itself by a scientific approach to human society. This method starts with formal models of decision-making agents and exposes these models to statistical tests. In that sense, the methodological heart of economics does not distinguish it from any other field that believes in the value of applying the scientific method to mankind...
...approach to humanity is practiced by many disciplines, it is particularly appropriate for general education. Many sociologists, psychologists, political scientists, and anthropologists believe as firmly as any economist in an approach that combines rigorous hypotheses and empirical tests. Increasingly, social scientists are learning from physical scientists who also use formal theory and empirical testing. Economics does not need a special place in the curriculum, but the scientific approach to human society, as practiced by many disciplines, should be central to general education...
...Still, the two generals will likely face some kind of formal punishment. The senior Marine general in Iraq at the time, Johnson, has already had a planned promotion to a three-star job stalled and his career may be finished, according to military sources. Huck, who had already left the Corps to prepare for retirement, has been ordered back into uniform because of the investigation and is working for a senior officer...