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...Pedagogically, we wanted to move away from mandatory, large lecture courses... We wanted to make it of a smaller size so that there would be more interaction between the professor and the student.” The English faculty and administration are currently working on increasing the number of courses offered in the new categories, because presently, not many classes are available that fall under the four headings.While the new curriculum is currently posing some restrictions on which classes concentrators can take to fulfill course requirements under the four groupings, the department has loosened its provisions in order to encourage...
...plan that would shift at least some portion of the group’s decision-making capacity from a select cluster of executive board members to a series of committees that would seek to give more people a say in decision-making. Proposed changes included reducing the number of committee chairs to one from two per committee, creating an outreach committee, and promoting frequent committee meetings where definitive decisions can be made. The organization’s co-chairs, Christian L. Garland ’10 and Marco Chan ’11, led the “Queer Town...
...most votes in the round will be designated first and second marshal. This year, 17 students advanced to the finalist round, whereas in past years there were 16 finalists. Harvard Alumni Association senior class coordinator Alexandra Monti could not be reached for comment last night about the change in numbers. Finalist Andres Castro Samayoa ’10 said that, if elected, he hopes to plan events “that are welcoming for everyone and mindful of all the diversities in our class.” Several of the finalists said that they decided to run for the position...
...problem is that in the current economy, a number of already cash-strapped states can hardly afford Medicaid at current levels, let alone an expansion. Ohio, for example, would likely have had to cut back on its existing Medicaid benefits if it hadn't been for the stimulus funds the state received earlier this year. Many people on Medicaid also would be absorbed into the so-called exchanges in which lower-income people would purchase their insurance, a move that some Democrats don't like. "Everybody gets to keep the insurance they have except if you're poor, and that...
...Beijing is always a strange place ahead of important occasions. In the weeks preceding recent Communist Party Congresses and last year's Olympics, the number of security forces on the streets doubled, controls on the Internet tightened, and dissidents and other potential troublemakers were rounded up or confined to their homes. But preparations and precautions for the 60th anniversary parade - when some 200,000 soldiers and a supporting cast of students and other civilians will march past a reviewing stand in Tiananmen Square - have far exceeded those undertaken for past events. (Read "An Olympic-Sized Security Blanket...