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...really new.”What are we students, educated in transition, to make of this incoherence? It took the Faculty four years to introduce a well-intentioned and entirely inoffensive educational philosophy to replace the Core, and the result (at least for current students) has been a raft of new names for old courses.The truth is that it was always possible, under the Core program, to obtain a worthwhile education at this university, and, despite the mess the Faculty has made of its reforms, it will continue to be possible under Gen Ed. There are professors here who teach...
...Supreme Court. That case was about whether universities could bar the military from their campuses and still receive federal money. Needless to say, everyone at Harvard thought the answer was yes. When, a couple months later, the court delivered its own answer (an emphatic no), I wrote a second raft of stories in which students and faculty conveyed their dismay with the court’s ruling...
Rocky Mountain High. In Colorado's Rocky Mountains, Keystone's Forest Condominiums has rooms for $99 a night from June 16 through Sept. 7. The condos are near the White River National Forest, through which you can hike, and the Snake River, down which you can raft, and the River Golf Course, where you can dig through sand traps. When you check in, you'll get an "Adventure Passport" telling you about free and discounted activities like yoga classes, fly-fishing clinics, geo-cache scavenger hunts and wine tastings...
...Prime Minister was pilloried by her fellow politicians for saying, "I am seeing a few green shoots, but it's a little bit too early to say exactly how they'd grow." Seems some people thought that was an insensitive thing to say on a day when a raft of U.K. companies announced layoffs. After all, seeing "green shoots" means you think the economy is doing pretty well, right? Or does...
Want the tropical experience without the burn or the travel? Check out CoCo Key Water Resort, where you can frolic on waterslides or choose to unwind on a raft. http://www.cocokeywaterresort.com/Locations/danvers/play/indoor-waterpark/index.aspx 50 Ferncroft Rd., Danvers...