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...Letter from a Birmingham Jail." Likewise with books: By all means, put the Federalist Papers on the reading list, but also link to them online where they are available in their entirety. And faculty members should stop requiring the newest edition of a book, and instead just recommend which of the editions are suitable. Introductory statistics has not changed significantly since...
...grail of internet communications—an absolutely spotless inbox, but its system of filters will allow you to divert those troublesome “academic” e-mails into a special folder, where they need never trouble your twitching, bloodshot eyes.In addition to filters, might I also recommend gmail’s vacation auto-responder for the academically distressed? With it, you can program gmail to generate an automatic response to each and every email that you receive, creating the illusion that you are actually a functioning human being. Something like, “Dear friend...
...both science and humanities courses.“This entire division between the categories, the critique that you can’t mix and match them...is everything that’s wrong with academia,” Murray said. Simmons said the task force will release its final recommendations in January.IN OTHER BUSINESSBefore discussing the Gen Ed report yesterday, the Faculty approved three measures by unanimous voice vote.After approving a nearly-80 page list of courses and instructors for Harvard Summer School, the Faculty voted to require student evaluations of all teaching fellows and teaching assistants, even if their...
MISS POTTER The movies are ever awash in cheap, uplifting sentiment, which is to the genteel audience what cheap, degrading violence is to adolescents: the turn-on that dares not speak its name. So it's somewhat grudgingly that we recommend Miss Potter...
...appear to deny the legitimacy of the sandwich as a culinary art). After all, restaurant etiquette instructs us to keep our fingers as far away from our food as possible. But for those whose natural instinct is to dig in and get real with your meal, I heartily recommend Asmara. Opened in 1986, Asmara was Boston’s first Ethiopian and Eritrean restaurant. Although their spices and preparation methods are similar to those used in Indian cuisine—to choose a more familiar reference—no one would confuse the two cuisines. Ethiopian and Eritrean food...