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...Harvard student, leaving the library is a painful process, akin to that of the junkie saying goodbye to his final fix. But it used to be that the only obstacles between Lamont’s fluorescent corridors and a good night’s rest were that Ec midterm you hadn’t studied for or the English reading you hadn’t yet attempted. Now there’s also James Fasci, a recently hired Allied-Barton employee with a bold new vision for library security. Before Fasci, leaving Lamont meant passing bags and books through...
...courses) are being offered this semester, but I decided that I would look past this grievance, enter their territory, and play the game by their rules.But wait—what are their rules? We have all heard that we should not to bother petitioning for classes without both a midterm and a final exam, since Cores supposedly need to include both. But this can’t be true, since the 1,115 of us taking Justice are well aware that we don’t have a midterm. Confused from this realization, I decided to try to find...
...relatively minor changes to the way the faculty and administration think about the drop/add period would allow students to take even better advantage of the flexibility it affords. Firstly, professors should plan their courses so that students are given substantive feedback, whether in the form of a midterm or other assignment, before the five weeks have expired. Students—especially freshmen trying to gauge their aptitude for various subjects at the college level—should have some tangible indication of their status in a course in time for them to opt to drop without penalty. Moreover, the College...
...Once. I called Donald Rumsfeld a war criminal the night before the midterm election. The president of the network and the executive producer of the Situation Room and two or three other management gerbils assaulted me en masse, immediately as I got off of the air, saying, "You can't say that." Apparently, what happened was our correspondent at the Pentagon started getting these phone calls from people in the Pentagon, saying, "Cafferty just called Rumsfeld a war criminal." I had to go on the air and say, "You know, I've stepped over the line." That being said...
...online, but their apathy may cost their students thousands of dollars. In addition, syllabi provide a glimpse of what a course will entail, allowing prospective shoppers to make informed decisions about which of Harvard’s many offerings they should visit come shopping week. The timing of a midterm, a course’s requirements, the books used, and the particular subject matter taught often make a difference in course decisions, and in these areas the CUE Guide and Courses of Instruction are insufficient. This is especially crucial because many popular classes meet at the same time, leaving students...