Word: forme
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...more unfortunate aspects of the Core controversy was the method by which it was discussed and finally adopted. Harvard's administrators like to function in quiet, low-profile fashion, tinkering with the system but largely failing to consult the students who will be affected by their plans. True to form, the Core has arrived with a minimum of student input. It is strangely presumptuous--almost insulting--to ask undergraduates to buy the idea that a small number of Faculty members know enough about Harvard's problems to be able to suggest a replacement for Gen Ed. A Crimson poll...
Harvard paleontologist Elso S. Barghoorn liberated a prehistoric algae from the rock prison it had been locked in for the past 3.5 billion years. The freed algae had no immediate words for the press, although Barghoon claims it is the oldest form of life anyone has ever seen...
...written form, the bill will probably stipulate that colleges and graduate schools must stop using "cut-off scores" on tests as the basis for either automatic rejection or automatic admission. Another stipulation would prevent school admissions officers from discriminating against students who choose not to take standardized tests...
...called "minority clause," which guaranteed seats in the assembly to several campus minority groups. Some groups, such as the Gay Students' Association, protested their exclusion from the minority clause, while others--such as the Harvard Republican Club--doubted that the organization could be effective without imposing some form of mandatory term-bill charge on students. Convention delegates, however, warned that they would not reconvene the convention if the constitution were defeated, and so students--faced with an all-or-nothing proposition--approved the charter by an almost 3-1 margin...
...fair argument can be made that The Band ranks among the finest rock-and-roll groups ever formed. Although they have not been overly prolific, they produced several outstanding studio albums--Music From Big Pink and The Band most notably--skeptics need only look at the almost unheard-of critical acclaim that welcomed those albums and much of their later work. The Band had it all--five immensely talented musicians and a sound that blended many of the mongrel elements that form the backbone of rock, and despite some personal problems (Danko was so strung out for two years...