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Like the Core, the new proposed curriculum will still require students to take two historically-oriented classes in order to graduate. Under current system, students are required to study both long-term trends and more isolated events and phenomena (Historical Studies A and B respectively). In its recast form, though, the curriculum wisely discards this temporal division and instead opts for a geographical one: between the US and the world...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Putting the ‘U.S.’ in Gen Ed | 10/19/2006 | See Source »

...Rather, they had old-fashioned problems like infidelity, mental illness, teen drug use, poverty, racial prejudice, custody battles, emotional frigidity and marital boredom. The kinds of problems people actually deal with are not covered by anyone but Oprah and Dr. Phil, which certainly explains why they're the cultural phenomena they are. Most families in the U.S. aren't doing too much for their children. They're doing everything they can, and it's just barely enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Barbie to Baby Einstein: Get Over It | 10/1/2006 | See Source »

...drug use, poverty, racial prejudice, custody battles, emotional frigidity and marital boredom. Every family in America has had challenges to struggle through. But the kinds of problems people actually deal with are covered by few people besides Oprah and Dr. Phil - which helped explain why they're the cultural phenomena they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baby Einstein vs. Barbie | 9/22/2006 | See Source »

...Astrophysics,” is aimed at students with a good background in physics and math, according to James M. Moran, Menzel professor of astrophysics and the Astronomy Department chair. The second option, “Astronomy” would “provide an introduction to observational phenomena and explore new and unsolved problems,” Moran wrote in an e-mail...

Author: By Lois E. Beckett and Johannah S. Cornblatt, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Some Minors To Start in Fall | 9/15/2006 | See Source »

...sally forth, future Science A-listers.The course names of the Science A spectrum may seem neat, but the content can be deceptively difficult and dreary. Science A purports to be a collection of courses which focuses on the hows and whys of physical sciences—explaining natural phenomena, that is. It’s more quantitative than Science B, and physics is the scientific area that rears its head most often during lecture, so pat yourself on the back if you actually remember some stuff from high school. Most Science A courses involve weekly problem sets, so before you commit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Science A | 9/14/2006 | See Source »

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