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...distribution requirements and allows students to take courses pass/fail or with whole-letter grades.Brown’s College Curriculum Council proposed last semester to add pluses and minuses to the curriculum but agreed to hold off a vote pending discussion between faculty and students.Brown Dean of the College Paul B. Armstrong ’71, a proponent of plus-and-minus grading, said that the “compression of grades at the top” had eroded meaningful communication between faculty and students about the quality of student work. “When you have so many grades...
...added that a friend in high school had been struggling with sexuality and was relieved to discover that Geyer had gone through similar issues. The integration has also raised concerns about students maintaining their reputation on the home front. “I hate the integration,” Paul T. Mumma ’09 wrote, naturally, in a facebook message. “For one thing, now people in highschool [sic] will realize that, in fact, college did not make me any cooler.” Some students also worry that their younger siblings will now be able...
With the Iron Curtain long since vanished and Pope John Paul II resting in peace in the crypt below St. Peter's, why should we care whether the Soviet Union was the hand behind the 1981 attempted assassination of the Polish Pontiff? The news Thursday that an Italian parliamentary commission concluded "beyond any reasonable doubt" that the Soviets orchestrated the shooting may not forever settle this slice of intrigue. But 11 months to the day since John Paul's death, the unexpected update on this historical chapter serves as a reminder both of the papacy's unique power - and, especially...
...unrivaled head of a worldwide flock of one billion Catholics, the Pope can exercise moral, political and spiritual influence across the globe. Granted, his words and gestures are the extent of a pope's earthly power, since as Stalin once famously quipped, he commands no military divisions. Still John Paul maximized his arsenal, which included constant charismatic globetrotting and a deft diplomatic touch. Coming to Rome from behind the Iron Curtain, he knew just what notes to hit - in public and private - to inspire his fellow Poles and others to undermine the Communist regimes...
...serving time for an earlier killing of a Turkish journalist). Italian prosecutors long held that the Bulgarian secret service was working for Soviet military intelligence, but an Italian court held that the evidence was insufficient to convict the Bulgarians in the plot. The latest findings will add to John Paul's legacy as being right up there with Reagan and Gorbachev as the decisive players in the end of the Cold...