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Many of the old reporters worry that their legacy is moot; that the risks they and their colleagues took were minor and perhaps futile in the face of an overwhelming system of segregation. “It’s going to take until some of them are in the ground for things to change,” says Carr of the old segregationists...
...Some may minor because they possess a genuine interest in the field. But others—arguably the larger group—at Harvard are the competitive ones. They will see the addition of a secondary field on their transcripts as a plus for employers, who will be impressed that they have made the most of their Harvard experience. People will add secondary fields because everyone else is adding secondary fields...
...could also argue that students who were interested enough to take those courses deserve to get a minor. But there is still injustice here. Say two students, x and y, both have an interest in European history. In her first two years, student x takes three courses in history, religion, and government while student y instead takes three history courses. Then, secondary fields are approved. Student x will find it more difficult than student y to get a secondary field in history. Had she known that the College was offering a minor, student x might have taken three history courses...
RESIGNED. Brian Doyle, 56, as deputy press secretary at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; following his arrest for attempting to seduce a minor over the Internet; in Silver Spring, Md. Doyle was an employee of TIME's Washington bureau from...
...finally did it today, and I’m real proud of him,” Castellanos said. “He’s worked real hard, through a lot of injuries and minor things and stuff. He put it all together today and we reaped the benefits...