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Frustrating "only ifs" remind us how tightly budgeted our time here is. Declaring a concentration at the end of the first year, (a relatively premature time to have developed a narrow scope of interest) leaves one with little time to roam the college fields of study. Maybe I had dishonest parents or deceitful first-year advisers, but I was told to take a bit of everything--there is no rush to decide. Sure, I can take my time, maybe put off pre-med until after college and then add two more years to the already too-long trek to medical...
...field is crucial, because one must understand what happened long ago or in another system of government in order to understand today's world. Removing the general exam could encourage many students to avoid taking more than the required range of courses, causing them to cultivate only a narrow body of knowledge and then perhaps to think narrow-mindedly. It is bad enough that one can fulfill most of one's Core requirements with classes entirely about China; concentrations should not encourage a parochial focus as well. Requiring a wide range of classes alone does not ensure a breadth...
Such a policy is no doubt a political decision, and the pursuit of diversity as a vehicle for social change--even within a narrow band of excellence--is an innovation. Yet as Rudenstine argues, it is a choice not without echoes in Harvard's longstanding pursuit of diversity...
...kill--was removed in the name of compassion, and the inevitable happened. Good, ordinary doctors, in their zeal to be ever more compassionate in terminating useless and suffering life, began killing people who did not even ask for it. Once given power heretofore reserved to God, some exceeded their narrow mandate and acted like God. Surprise...
TIME: Who is Timothy McVeigh? Who are you? What moves you? McVeigh: I don't think there is any way to narrow my personality down and label it as one thing or another. I'm just like anyone else. Movies I enjoy, comedies, sci fi. The big misconception is that I'm a loner. Well, I believe in having my own space. But that in no way means I'm a loner. I like women, social life. I don't think there is anything wrong with that...