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Although Sullivan led the team to more wins than any other coach in Harvard history??finishing with a record of 178 wins and 245 losses—he failed to pilot the Crimson to a first Ivy League championship during his 16 years as coach...
...real-world applications of academics, disciplines that were once isolated are being brought together.As a result, history and economics courses, which are separated into Historical Studies and Social Analysis in the current Core Curriculum, would fit into the same categories in the proposed general education structure.Given the ambiguity regarding history??s place in the new curriculum, Gordon said he plans to introduce an amendment to the report at the next Faculty meeting on March 13. It would require that at least one of a student’s eight general education courses deal with the past.With the current...
After Eliot’s forty year term—the longest in Harvard’s history??A. Lawrence Lowell, class of 1877, would take the reins. While Lowell broke with the past in his love of the macho sport of football, he despised organized cheering. In a 1911 Crimson article, Lowell described the practice as “barren, poor, and meagre,” and “with less modulation, less means of expressing degrees and varieties of emotion of any kind than any other form of expression—with the possible exception...
...historical context is important not just academically but in order to fully comprehend the present developments in America, such as the misadventure in Iraq and the debate on immigration. Given America’s superpower status, every Harvard graduate ought to possess a broad and sophisticated understanding of American history??something not always provided even by an American high school. Given that most Harvard undergraduates, both international and not, will work and live in America, understanding the roots of public discourse will invariably help students better comprehend the world around them...
...impact immediately upon arrival, a burden that he was prevented from throwing off by an inability to stay healthy or display the inside dominance his physical size and skill-set demanded. Continued difficulty adding weight has likely led to some of Cusworth’s injury history??he completely missed his sophomore campaign with a stress fracture in his foot and sat out parts of the last two seasons due to various setbacks, including a broken hand. And his weight trouble was also a factor in his inability to fully capitalize upon height and interior presence to dominate...