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...would be a shame for Harvard to nix the Reason and Faith requirement proposal because of qualms about appearing to be a parochial school, or an institution promoting only certain belief systems. The report specifically says that the classes under the requirement would not be prescriptive—these classes would be nothing like indoctrination—and would give students a wide range of religions to choose to study. The idea is not to turn all Harvard students into Protestants again, but rather to make students more aware of humanity’s universal tendency to develop faith systems...
...math, physics, computer science, and engineering faculty and students—will become its own school under a proposal to be voted on this fall, the University announced yesterday. In a surprise reversal, Venkatesh “Venky” Narayanamurti, the current dean of DEAS, said he would nix his plans to step down next month and remain on staff to guide the school through its transition. If approved by FAS, the new school will put Harvard on equal footing with institutions that house autonomous engineering schools and boast larger faculties. “It will allow...
...meeting in Paris, U.S. officials made clear that they want a binding Security Council resolution forcing Iran to desist from enriching uranium under penalty of sanctions or even military action. But Iran is banking on Russia and China to nix any move towards sanctions, and Moscow and Beijing may even be inclined to prevent the council from adopting a Chapter VII resolution - one that couches concerns over Iran's nuclear activities as a threat to global security, and therefore makes compliance mandatory. Russia insists that the only basis for any Security Council action against Iran would be proof that...
...Yale you never know what’s going to happen, but we had a good match,” O’Riain said. The Crimson led the Bulldogs 7-6 in each doubles match before O’Riain and Anderson finished off Rashmee Patil and Olivia Nix by an 8-6 margin. Yale evened the score of the remaining two matches at 7-7 but Wang and Schnitter in the No. 2 spot clinched the doubles point with a 9-7 win against Aimee Kim and Christina Cutter. Mukundan and Peterzan followed in the third position with...
...Currier e-mail open-list about the association of alcohol with House Life.Of the two proposed freshman t-shirt designs, one featured a picture of a Corona bottle with “Currier” instead of the brand name written on the label.The Currier HoCo decided to nix the Corona design due to concerns that it would alienate freshmen who do not drink, according to HoCo co-chair Christopher S. Cullen ’07.This year HoCos purchased their freshman t-shirts together from a single vendor “for a significant discount,”according...