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...Wolfson Professor of Jewish Studies Jay M. Harris spoke in favor of allowing more departmental courses to count for Core credit at Tuesday’s full faculty meeting. The meeting revealed that “there seemed to be two different ways of approaching” general education reform, with one group calling for further discussion and another calling for progress this year, Ryan said...
...NATIONAL REFORM...
Almost two months after lobbyist Jack Abramoff's plea agreement as part of a public corruption scandal, the Senate has started an intense debate on proposals to reform lobbying. And for a Congress noted for its ever-increasing partisanship, this issue seems to be creating an unusual level of consensus. In the next few days, the Senate is likely to pass a bill that stops lobbyists from offering gifts, including meals, to members, requires more disclosure of members' contact with lobbyists, makes ex-congressmen wait longer before they cash in on their congressional service and become high-powered lobbyists...
...natural world. The greatest goal for a humanist is the pursuit of dignity, and of ethical excellence.” Although Epstein articulates tenets of Humanism with practiced aplomb, his path to the belief—not religion, please—was hardly linear. He was raised in the Reform Jewish tradition but studied Chinese and Religion at the University of Michigan, intending to become a Buddihist or Taoist monk. Then he discovered “Humanistic Judaism,” a movement which combines Jewish culture with Humanistic principles. After his ordainment as a Humanistic rabbi, Epstein arrived...
...reform, Bok instructs educators to apply the same principles of analysis that they use in their scholarly work to their teaching methods...