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...debate began 40 years ago when the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) approved the first pass-fail option at Harvard. Henry Ford II Professor of Social Science David Riesman ’31 said at the time, “Most students here take too many courses. They chop their emotional energies into too many little bits. We should be encouraging students to play from weakness instead of strength, but the system here puts pressure on the student not to extend himself in areas where he’s awkward because he fears not doing brilliantly...
...Reviewer Abe J. Riesman can be reached at riesman@fas.harvard.edu...
...Staff writer Abe J. Riesman can be reached at riesman@fas.harvard.edu...
...RIESMAN ’08 of Oak Park, Ill. and Quincy House Arts Chair...
...either scapegoat or Sputnik.” Want to understand subtleties of diplomatic theory? “Trying to do diplomacy without the threat of pain is like trying to play baseball without a bat.” Voila. —Abe J. Riesman ’08 is outgoing Comp Director and incoming Co-Chair. He firmly believes the world is flat, and that Harvard women are also flat...