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Does history repeat itself? If you’re one of Harvard’s rabid calendar reform activists, the answer had better be a resounding no.The current push to amend the College’s schedule—aiming to start the fall term earlier and holding exams in December—is nothing new. “Calendar reform has been on the table at Harvard since the seventies,” said Undergraduate Council [UC] representative Benjamin P. Schwartz ’10. Every time the reform movement has achieved prominence, it has been met with...
...Within the past month, now that the review of undergraduate education is nearing an end,” Bok wrote in his e-mail, “the question of calendar reform has emerged once again...
...This is a watershed moment for the undergraduate call for calendar reform,” he said...
...issue of calendar reform was last addressed in 2004 when a University-wide committee, chaired by Pforzheimer University Professor Sidney Verba ’53, recommended coordinating the calendars across all of the University’s individual schools, which included completing the fall semester before winter break...
...remain firmly in favor of calendar change,” Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ‘71 wrote in an e-mailed statement earlier this week. “There are pros and cons to any reform, but I think the UC proposal and the Verba report make a good case...