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...options and to use the period for rest and relaxation.The January programming once expected from calendar change has been overshadowed, as administrators reassess the College’s financial priorities in light of economic turmoil and prioritize what they consider more critical elements of the undergraduate experience, such as General Education. In the four years since planning commenced, J-Term plans were allowed to fall by the wayside, as administrative and later financial turmoil forced the College and University to adjust their priorities.A BLUEPRINT WITHOUT BACKINGBefore the decision to adopt a University-wide academic schedule, a number of Harvard?...
...Solicitor General Elena Kagan introduced herself as just a “fellow graduate” upon her return to Harvard Law School yesterday, where she served as dean from 2003 until her Senate confirmation in March, As dean, Kagan built a legacy of student-oriented reform initiatives, As the Law School’s class day speaker, she placed the final seal on her deanship and urged the graduating class to seize the opportunities that have arisen from the economic recession. In her speech, Kagan offered career advice to a Law School class whose job searches were hit hard...
...General David H. Petraeus, chief of U.S. military operations in much of the Eastern Hemisphere, including the Middle East, lauded the importance of “individual leaders” in a speech at the ROTC Commissioning Ceremony in Tercentenary Theatre yesterday. After beginning his speech on a comedic note, Petraeus encouraged “what must be the smartest new members of our military” to make use of the leadership skills they had developed through their training. He also implored them to follow “five critical admonitions”: “lead by example...
...says.Merton questions whether the systemic failure of global financial systems can be attributed entirely to over-reliance on quantitative models.“Will there be cases where people over-relied on models? Absolutely,” he says. “But is that a general proposition? Not so clear.”In some situations, senior management may have failed to understand the models or may have ignored their implications—such as when they advise reducing profit to control risk, even when other companies are pressing forward.While backward-looking VaR models relied entirely on data from...
...focus on relationships with students. But in a semester defined by planned reductions in College spending on student life, Flores was forced to refocus her attention toward College politics, though perhaps too late.Flores and her Council found themselves without a seat at the table when decisions were made, generally unable to influence policy until news has already been delivered to the student body’s inboxes.“On a couple matters, albeit somewhat important ones, the Council has been reactionary,” says Randall S. Sarafa ’09, former UC vice president...