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...intensive three-quarter sequence. Both programs include works from great writers and thinkers such as Shakespeare and Descartes, while Stanford’s program has a more international bend, including texts such as the Koran, Bhagavad Gita and the Ramayana. The programs also put a premium on teaching quality by incorporating small weekly seminars with faculty. Harvard should work to develop a similar program...
...have merit, many other coalitions of groups on campus might benefit from a similar arrangement. It is disappointing that RUS and other Women’s Center supporters have chosen to politicize their demands for rooms of their own, on a campus where student space is at a premium. RUS put up a red protest tent on the Science Center lawn in April—eschewing the College’s proper, customary procedures to apply for student space in favor of a public, activist campaign. Such tactics beg College administrators to prioritize women’s space over other...
Hybrids have plenty of detractors. Critics point out that after paying the extra cash for one, say a $2,500 premium for a hybrid Civic, it will take about a decade to recoup that amount at the pump (at 15,000 miles a year and with gas at $2 per gal.). They claim that if fuel economy becomes an even more important consideration, there are already plenty of fuel-efficient cars and smaller SUVs that are less complex and easier to fix than hybrids...
...short, FLO is able to pay a premium to promote progressive environmental, agricultural and labor regulations in Third World countries by capitalizing on consumer demand for socially-conscious food. As socially-conscious consumers, Harvard students should embrace the principles behind Fair Trade bananas, just as they have already embraced Fair Trade coffee, and demand to make these bananas a permanent fixture in the dining halls...
Harvard College Courses should be further incentivized with the best quality instruction Harvard offers. Teaching ability of faculty should be placed at a premium in developing these courses, and the teaching fellows (TFs) hired to lead sections should be subject to the most rigorous standards. Preferably all Harvard College Course TFs will have had previous teaching experience and high levels of training—flagship teachers for flagship courses. The College should also explore non-traditional teaching formats such as sections led by professors and seminars conducted parallel to the courses...