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...Reinvigorating Harvard’s Core will require a Herculean effort, and sloth is not an option. This delay in curricular development has already had consequences for the newest crop of freshmen. When the Class of 2011 arrived on campus, their revamped advising system contained hardly a mention of Gen Ed, but many a mention of the Core. “We were taught to act as if there is no such thing as Gen Ed,” says Mohamad M. Ali ’11. Peer Advising Fellows were instructed to advise freshmen to pick classes assuming...
This week marked the sixth anniversary of Sept. 11, the long-awaited pronouncement of the “Iraq Report Card,” and the return of students to Harvard. Despite the media frenzy around world events, the number of open-list emails exchanged on everything from Gen. David Petraeus to Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, and the ample free time afforded by “Camp Harvard,” chatter around campus centers on lofting beds and where the best final club party is. Wide-eyed first-years and jaded upperclassmen left dissent at home...
...Gen X mother of two and a volunteer, and I see many peers also performing volunteer services that are making a difference locally and globally. I love my country, but the current Administration is operating so poorly, it will take generations to undo the damage. To offset this, I try to do my part to improve social conditions and the environment, which will affect generations to come...
...turning on CNN, I realized this convoy was bound for Paris Hilton’s courtroom, because she was due back before the judge. (In case you missed it, her privileged butt was sent back to jail.) The news you might have overlooked that day was that Gen. Peter Pace, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was fired...
...once-loathed leader who has come to represent a renewed call for democracy in Pakistan. But fewer still thought Musharraf would actually defy the Supreme Court order by not letting him in the country at all. "This is a shame, a stain, a disgrace," says analyst Brig. Gen. Talat Masood. "It shows the weakness of the government. Every action that Musharraf is taking is making things more difficult for him." While small riots have already erupted across Pakistan over Sharif's deportation, the more significant battles will now be fought in the Supreme Court...