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...full Faculty. First, the Task Force’s recommendation to create monetary and career path incentives for good teaching are on target. Currently, there is almost no incentive for good teaching. Teaching awards don’t consistently lead to above-median pay adjustments, and professors who gain distinction as teachers by being appointed to prestigious Harvard College Professorships do not see immediate bonuses. Faculty members will never be encouraged to focus on their pedagogy until their efforts translate into more than titles and pats on the back. Instead, we support the system endorsed by the Task Force?...
...PBHA Executive Director Gene A. Corbin wrote in an e-mail. Romance Languages and Literatures will offer Italian 60, “Italian and the Community,” in addition to Spanish 60 and Portuguese 60, which were both offered last year. In the three classes students will gain language skills while working with community organizations. Four Sociology courses; History of Science 96, “Academic Internship in History and Health Policy”; an Extension School course; and a Kennedy School of Government course will also participate in this combination of academic learning and community involvement...
...when Mandes was sent to the box for holding the stick.St. Lawrence, which boasts one of the best power-play squads in the nation, took only 89 seconds to capitalize, as forward Mike McKenzie beat Richter for the game-winner with 56 seconds left in regulation. Despite failing to gain a victory, Reese still noted that Harvard’s struggles on the road can be a learning experience.“We learned what we need to do to win,” Reese said. “It’s a matter of capitalizing on our chances...
...married an American named Joannie, hoped to become a permanent U.S. resident. But first the Immigration and Naturalization Service in New York City wanted him and his new wife to answer a few questions?questions carefully designed to catch foreigners who enter into sham marriages with Americans simply to gain citizenship. INS officials have been known to ask applicants about tattoos and which side of the bed someone sleeps on, then double-check the answers with their spouses. "We married for love," said Bernard. "But we had heard stories about the interview, and, well, we were still nervous." Nonetheless...
...some sham marriages, a love-stricken citizen is victimized by a spouse who marries only to gain permanent residency. Some American men, for example, send away for so-called mail-order brides and are given the gate soon after their wives receive permanent status. Another marriage fraud involves an alien who pays a U.S. citizen to marry him or her to circumvent INS rules. The foreigner then arranges a quick divorce. In August the INS deported the head of a West Coast ring that had arranged an estimated 70 marriages, for $3,000 to $5,000 a wedding...