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...offerings in the department.KEEPING IT SIMPLEIn the process of reviewing their concentrations, department leaders have sought not only to open their fields to a wider variety of students, but also to streamline. While joking that the Classics department’s concentration description is currently the longest in the Handbook for Students, Schiefsky has reduced the number of tracks within the Classics from seven to two: “Classical Languages and Literatures” and “Classical Civilizations.” Astrophysics has eliminated the difference between the “basic?...
...Indeed, Harvard does not (and should not) hold the military, ROTC, or individual cadets and midshipmen responsible for the policy by including this statement in its handbook for current and prospective students. And in no way does the statement imply that students who make the decision to participate in ROTC are themselves acting in opposition to Harvard’s values...
...would be a mistake to blame the university’s position on official recognition for this disgraceful fact. Indeed, the responsibility for the cool reception of ROTC cadets on our campus extends far beyond even the symbolic reach of cross-registration fees and student-handbook disclaimers to the words and actions of every member of the Harvard community. As such, while we cannot sweep these cadets’ concerns to the side by claiming a principled stance, neither can we simply ignore the deep injustice of a policy that excludes and discharges individuals for speaking a truth about themselves...
...site. The Faculty Council also moved for one class to count for SAT/UNSAT for the General Education curriculum. This policy will still need to pass a Faculty vote to be implemented, and it will go before the full Faculty next Tuesday. The Council passed a significantly revised Handbook for Students, which includes the minimum SAT Subject Test score of 700 to fulfill the foreign language requirement. There is also an entirely new section on the Gen Ed curriculum, which will be fully implemented this fall and required of all incoming members of the class of 2013. As of Wednesday...
Official recognition for ROTC could help facilitate transfer of course credit for ROTC classes taken at MIT, allow financial support from Harvard for cross-registration, and mean the removal of language in the student handbook that says military and ROTC policies excluding openly gay people are “inconsistent with Harvard’s values...