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To facilitate the transition to Gen Ed, the College should maximize the number of departmental courses that count for Core credit—for example, by further relaxing the requirements for departmental courses and by streamlining the petition process. In the long run, however, it is up to newly appointed...
But the integration of computers into the undergraduate experience was not seamless. Students in an introductory computer science course, Applied Math 110, had to wait hours for terminal time, making difficult problem sets even more time-consuming. In response, the students put together a petition asking for more computers.
In 1978, when the Core system was on the eve of implementation, 2,500 undergraduates signed a petition demanding more student input in the decision process. But ultimately no undergraduates were involved.
By 1983, the complex stood vacant, but Cambridge’s powerful Rent Control Board denied Harvard’s petition to remove the low- and moderate-income units from Cambridge’s tight rental market and make much-needed renovations.
Just hours after the California Supreme Court ruled last week that marriage is a fundamental right enshrined in the state constitution - one fully available to gay couples - opponents gave warning that they were not about to let the divided high court have the last word. Brandishing more than 1 million...