Word: mattered
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Moreover, why do Harvard students especially bear the burden of studying American history? Why force a physics major to name the dates of the Civil War when she may have no interest at all in the subject matter? We face enough requirements as it is, and most students have a pretty good background in the history of America. Even if every student doesn't, however, the same philosophy that Mukunda uses to justify an American history requirement can be used to justify studies in philosophy, ethics, classics, economics, or any other discipline that "would be nice" for students to know...
From Wednesday through Friday, elections for Undergraduate Council representatives will take place over e-mail. This year, more than in years past, these elections matter; yet the number of total candidates is down and people seem to be regarding the elections as flippantly as ever...
...reason this week's elections matter is that in today's "New Council"--the product of a semester under the leadership of Beth A. Stewart '00--the role of the council's president has been greatly diminished. The council's accomplishments these days seem more than ever to be the work of individual members, with the assistance and encouragement of the leadership...
...council is going to remain depoliticized, as it will at least until Stewart's term expires in January, the relevance of the body will depend on how hard house representatives work on causes and projects that matter to them. In these circumstances, it is disappointing that few people are running and many of those who are running are campaigning on catchy signs and slogans instead of ideas...
This winter, we hope ambitious students with big ideas--ideas that go beyond frivolities they may not be able to produce--will take the stage and make the council matter once again...