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...according to Thea S. Morton ’06-’07. It certainly seems as if there’s a significant chunk of ’06 lagging behind for that last sip. Harvard’s super seniors are not of the repeat 12th grade variety, but rather have generally taken a semester or two off to experience life outside of the ivy gates. Some work, while others jet set for a year. One super senior even spent a term laboring on a goat farm in New Zealand. Such adventures are a somewhat common phenomenon...
...Core Curriculum burst onto the stage of higher education to cheers and high acclaim, it is about to be booed off. Yet it would be foolish to birth a new general education curriculum in isolation; the Core’s record must be carefully considered, lest the new system repeat its flaws. Change must begin with a fundamental shift in the Core’s administrative structure. Currently, a distinct lack of discerning judgment and capacity for constructive criticism plagues the Core’s current stewards: the Faculty’s Core Standing Committee (CSC). The Faculty should create...
...there’s an emotional component, as well and as always, to this long-standing rivalry. The Crimson has not lost since dropping a 27-24 stunner to the Tigers at Harvard Stadium a year ago that, as its second league loss, effectively ended its bid to repeat as Ivy champs. Harvard is looking for retribution; Princeton, undefeated since being short-changed by the pundits in the preseason, is looking for recognition...
...requirement in U.S. history may disconcert those who fear a repeat of high school civics or AP U.S. history. But the goal is not to ensure that each undergraduate can recount a narrative of America’s past. A rudimentary understanding of American institutions and history will be the common starting point, not the end goal of the proposed classes. The College’s current U.S. history courses, such as American constitutional history and the history of American capitalism, are taught at a level of rigor and depth few would have encountered in high school...
...offices, Zillow.com has generated growing buzz since it debuted last February. It offers free, instant valuations of 67 million U.S. homes. The site says most of its "Zestimates" are within 10% of the eventual selling price. Of the site's 3 million-- plus monthly visitors, more than half are repeat customers, and 54% plan to buy or sell a home within two years...