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...Strange Mutations’: Classical and Renaissance Representations of The Human Condition.” Because no “Humanities 10” exists at Harvard, Tatar has jump-started an initiative to create a collection of new interdisciplinary courses that will act as broad gateways into the humanities. But instead of creating a single foundational course like Life Sciences, Tatar said she wants to create “multiple pathways” into the humanities. A total of 15 to 20 new gateway courses—most beginning in the 2007-2008 school year—will...
Harrington, who has taught at Harvard for more than 15 years, said the introduction of large gateway courses are part of the department’s attempt to appeal to undergraduates, whether or not they are future concentrators...
...take off your belt, empty your pockets, prove your laptop is not an explosive device and send your briefcase or purse through a machine to determine whether it holds weapons, think about this: In a single day, more than 4,000 illegal aliens will walk across the busiest unlawful gateway into the U.S., the 375-mile border between Arizona and Mexico. No searches for weapons. No shoe removal. No photo-ID checks. Before long, many will obtain phony identification papers, including bogus Social Security numbers, to conceal their true identities and mask their unlawful presence...
...Missouri voters, and many St. Louis citizens, seem to have accepted this peculiar anachronism as simply the way things are.So why should you care? Admittedly, Harvard doesn’t have anything quite like the St. Louis Police Department. But Harvard does have one thing in common with the Gateway City: both Harvard and St. Louis love tradition. St. Louis expresses its love for tradition by continuing with political institutions and folkways long after their proper expiration date. Mired in inertia, Harvard is conservative in everything from its housing policies to its investment strategies to its student body?...
...different role in the lives of all these performers. Each one offers a unique reason to suck up saccharine melody, and each reason is more nuanced than “it’s fun to dance to.”ROAD TO JOYFor some, pop is a gateway drug to the musical underground. It’s practical, even if you’re past the first musical high.“I think all the music that I spend my time listening to has substance, pretty much,” says Samuel M. Zornow...