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...standards for cum laude degrees require that a student get B- or above in half the courses outside his departmental requirements, while the magna standards call for at least a B in half the extra-deparmental courses. Thus any course in which a student receives no grade is lumped together with courses he fails--no one hoping to receive honors will take any pass-fail courses...
...marching IBM Selectric lines to show you've tamed them. Pretty stupid, thought I... and proceeded to get seized by a brutal addiction to Eric Ambler. I read every damn thing he wrote, practically (even a thesis has its tiny leaks), and I don't even have a magna to show...
Similarly, the present rules require a student to have a C or above in two-thirds of the courses taken outside his field for a magna, but the new regulations would require a B or above...
They voted informally to accept the Committee on Honors' proposal to require standard grade point averages for summas and CLGS degrees, but decided not to demand an overall average for cum and magna candidates...
...social schedule in Danvers was topped by he Glen Magna ball and antique show, and Twi-League baseball. Other than Route One's meat-on-he-hoof singles spots, the town's only after midnight establishment was Supreme Roast Beef...