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...Friday night before the Harvard-Yale Game, according to a new rule instituted by Yale’s Council of Masters. The new policy aims to prevent property damage and disorderly behavior, hallmarks of past pre-Game parties, said Branford College Master Steven B. Smith. The newly-implemented limit on party size comes on the heels of several other restrictions on game-related festivities this year. Last Monday, Yale announced that all tailgates will have to end before the start of the third quarter and that all drinking games and related paraphernalia will be banned. Smith said that...
...respond to a sexual assault or a dangerous situation,” Ryan wrote. The remaining challenge in fighting rape on campus and throughout Cambridge, she said, lies in building a culture of respect. “Creating an atmosphere of equality and respect helps to limit the social acceptance of power and domination in a sexual act,” she said...
First, we disagree with the EPC’s logic in recommending that concentration choice be delayed an extra semester. Moving concentration declaration from the end of freshman year to the middle of sophomore year will limit student choice and hinder many concentrations in exchange for a dubious set of benefits. It is true that freshmen schedules are restricted by the need to fulfill their language requirements and complete Expos, and the EPC has argued that students need more time to thoroughly explore fields of potential interest. Another undecided semester would provide that, and it would allow ample contact with...
...best way for the EPC to promote flexibility in concentrations is to reduce the total number of requirements, not delay the date of concentration choice. As such, we endorse the EPC’s proposal to limit the number of courses required for concentrations (honors and non-honors) to 12, with exceptions made for highly technical fields (Engineering, for example) and interdisciplinary study. Twelve courses, which will comprise about 40 percent of a student’s undergraduate course load, should allow students to become experts in a particular field while granting them the freedom to pursue a truly diverse...
...wrote in an e-mail. During his political career as a congressman and vice-president, Gore played a major role in cleaning toxic waste sites and encouraging businesses to adopt environmentally friendly technology. As vice president, Gore was instrumental in drafting the Kyoto Protocol, a global initiative designed to limit carbon wastes. Gore is currently the chairman of Generation Investment, a London-based investment firm with a focus on environmentally responsible firms. He also speaks throughout the country on the consequences of environmental risks, and has been a critic of what he sees as President Bush’s lack...