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...Beyond a general slackening of such demands, undergraduates affected by the transition also deserve clear, unequivocal information about the new Gen Ed program and the indefinite nature of their own position. That the College is yet to outline the specifics of Gen Ed to the incoming lass of 2012 in its admissions information is simply appalling. This is hardly the time for faculty and administrators to hide tumult under the guise of calm: A transitional plan should be articulated before the student body, without a moment’s hesitation on questions of academic eligibility or distinct curricular options...
...Nowhere is this frankness more essential than in that often lackluster component of Harvard’s undergraduate experience: advising. By this fall, when the first Gen Ed courses appear in the catalog, every student and every adviser should know the mechanics of both curricula in place and, for the Class of 2012, the ramifications of choosing either...
...page Admissions Office brochure mailed to prospective students this year mentions Gen Ed once. On page 15, it reads, “The faculty is developing a new and distinctive program of General Education...
...Although Julian B. Gerwitz of Hamden, Conn. said he’s heard about Gen Ed, he said he hasn’t considered the impact it will have on his academic experience...
...lawyer, general counsel William Haynes, informed him, "We can't have acquittals [at Guantanamo]. If we've been holding these guys for so long, how can we explain letting them get off?. We've got to have convictions." Davis is also quite likely to accuse Air Force Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann, senior legal advisor to the tribunal, of demanding "sexy" cases with "blood on them" to drum up public support for convictions. "There is no question they wanted me to stage show trials that have nothing to do with the centuries-old tradition of military justice in America," Col. Davis...