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...once famously declared, that Harvard freshmen “bring a little knowledge in and the seniors take none out, so it accumulates through the years”? Do we, as faculty, perceive the “spark of creativity” in the students who arrive here, then proceed to “water” it, as he is reputed to have declared at Commencement? Is education the discovery of our own ignorance (Will Durant), the art of living an ethical life (Hegel), the ability to listen to almost anything without losing our tempers (Robert Frost), life itself...
...harder to raise money for a building that has already been built.”Administrators have defended their decision to go ahead with the projects, saying they had little choice.“We needed more space for science and decided to proceed with the buildings, trying to secure donor funding, but assuming all along that the buildings could be debt-funded,” Maull said. “If Harvard wants to lead in science, it has to forge ahead.”The planned expansion of the campus into Allston, meanwhile, will put an unknown amount...
...told TIME at least 350 of their supporters had been arrested in three separate demonstrations in Cairo Thursday. They join scores of other activists detained in the last several weeks at similar rallies. For their part, judges Mekky and Bastawissi refused to enter the courthouse in protest. Unable to proceed without them, the hearing has been postponed until next Thursday...
...treated the same way,” Goodman wrote in an e-mail. “Or rather,” she added, “that all work is subject to the same scrutiny, because it’s still up the professor to decide how to proceed if or when the program identifies a problem.”At Westside, according to Goodman, “all the teachers loved it, because it meant that they were able to read for quality and let the computer read for honesty.”And with the world wading through...
...boycotts and work stoppages make it an issue that is too hot to handle for some," said one Hill aide. "Rational arguments about how to best proceed on policy fall victim to emotional arguments about perception, and then it becomes more difficult to reach a consensus in that kind of environment." More bluntly, a top Senate Republican strategist said: "All together, they are unhelpful...