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...wider margin among women (especially unmarried women), who vote in New Hampshire in unusually large numbers. And while Obama did better than Clinton among independents, that swing group of voters did not appear to vote in proportions that many expected - and of those, more than expected seemed to opt for McCain. Clinton prevailed amongst registered Democrats, a trend that could be crucial in many states whose upcoming primaries are closed to independents...
...fact that, as this page often moans, “Paper is so 20th century,” which is why I, as part of Harvard College’s Resource Efficiency Program, am helping to implement a pilot project in Winthrop and Currier that allows students to opt out of receiving the paper at their doors daily. The program, which also allows students to opt out of delivery of other student publications and fliers, aims to reduce the use of paper on campus. It is with a heavy heart that I support this program, which is informally called...
...several universities to institute similar reforms, so too could a repudiation of the U.S. News rankings have a ripple effect throughout the country.Thankfully, we wouldn’t be alone. A majority of the member schools in the Annapolis Group, a large coalition of liberal arts colleges, decided to opt out of the rankings this summer. And in September, a conference at Yale sponsored by the non-profit group The Education Conservancy led to the “Beyond Ranking” campaign, an effort by college and university leaders to develop a “robust, nuanced, and educationally...
...required to participate in course evaluations (smaller classes being exempted because of the compromise of anonymity). This recommendation follows the January 2007 report of the Task Force on Teaching and Career Development, which stated, “allowing even a minority of faculty course heads to ‘opt out’ undercuts the validity of the course evaluation system for the majority.” It would also bring the guidelines for professors in line with those for TFs, who are currently required to be evaluated even if professors decline a full evaluation for their courses, thereby overturning...
...Thank goodness Harvard doesn’t have a Drama concentration,” Kopit says.In the chaotic environment of the drama scene, Kopit says he was able to grow academically as a writer in the liberal arts setting, not focusing solely on drama. While some current students opt to create their own drama program via a special concentration, many who are deeply involved in drama prefer keeping their academic life separate from the theatrical.Literature concentrator Kara E. Kaufman ’08, outgoing president of the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club, is blunt in her opinion about a potential drama...