Word: problem
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...course, which meets Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10 a.m., has a math requirement, but it's nothing beyond basic algebra and trig, and it doubles as a Science A core. There are problem sets, an oral report, two hourly exams and a final, perfect for those with an aversion to response and research papers...
...wonder what the university's reaction would be if an undergraduate committed suicide and cited his or her relationship with a faculty adviser or mentor as the triggering cause. My guess is that Harvard would care enough about its role as a teacher of undergraduates to investigate the perceived problem. How much does Harvard care about its role as mentor of graduate students, the researchers who actually carry out most of the scientific work which has led to Harvard's high standing in the international chemistry community...
...years ago, I might have been worried because of our team speed," Murphy said. "It's not that much of a problem...
...fact that much of this happened in the span of a few months makes it quite tempting to deem these troubles the signs of some larger problem in journalism. For conservative media critics, the answer is (surprise, surprise) the shortcomings of the liberal media: "Because of their institutional liberalism," Joseph Perkins writes of The New Republic and The Boston Globe, "it didn't occur to them...that their talented young liberal writers were producing fiction." Never mind the fact that Glass was more libertarian than liberal and that his fabrications targeted politicos of all stripes--even Perkins wouldn't want...
Pundits may try to weave Glass, Smith, Arnett and Barnicle into a nice, tight problem in today's media, but in truth, the summer's most critical journalistic scandal has little to do with fabricated articles, however egregious those fabrications were. The real forces that push journalism toward fiction are the changes in the way that people get their news. With the rise of Internet and 24-hour news channels, the news cycle has irreversibly changed, putting a high premium on a network or newspaper's turnaround time--the idea is to get out a report or a commentary...