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...last-second three-point attempt from co-captain Jeremy Lin had fallen, the crowd’s faith may just have been rewarded...
With the shot clock off and time winding down, the Crimson managed to get an improbable four-point play from freshman Christian Webster. Webster, who started the game 0-for-3 from deep, caught the ball in the corner and hit the shot as he was fouled by Mavraides. After netting the free throw, Harvard was within a single point with 11.7 seconds left...
...clock. The guard worked off a screen from Casey but ran into traffic and dished it to the rookie on the perimeter. Casey looked to the basket, but upon seeing the defender in his face, passed it back to Lin, who was now feet beyond the three-point line...
While the administration has good reason to be wary of students taking on excessive course loads, students who desire to study two subjects and who are prepared to handle the work should be allowed to do so. Objectors might reasonably point to the existence of secondary fields, but this response is less than satisfying. Secondary fields are meant to provide the opportunity for guided work in a field outside of the concentration, not to unite two fields in the same way a joint concentration would...
...student should be allowed to pursue two fields even if they do not form a unified thesis. The point of education is to learn, not just to write a thesis. The Freshman Dean’s Office tells first-year students that “your choice of concentration should be based on your intellectual interests.” What, then, are students to do when their intellectual interests combine two disparate fields, such as art history and engineering sciences? Yes, these students can pursue a secondary field. But their desire to pursue more than six courses should be recognized...