Word: rigor
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Joel D. Mitchell ’04 agrees that NELC stands out among other departments for the number of languages and rigor of study in the concentration. “Arabic is a very intensive program,” he says. “It is challenging but rewarding. And the faculty are very helpful—they really go out of their way for you.” While many of the smaller concentrations receive similar praise from students, NELC seems to stand out among all the departments. Perhaps Vendenyapin sums up NELC’s superiority best...
...existence of psychokinesis, the ability to move physical objects solely through psychic power—think X-Men’s Jean Grey—and telepathy, the ability to read minds—think Miss Cleo or Professor X—are being tested with intense scientific rigor. Through the work of PEAR, notions of “mind over matter” and psychic communication that were once solely the stuff of science fiction and 1-900 numbers increasingly appear to be grounded in reality...
...impressed by the rigor of his academic research and the energy of his lectures, but even more uniquely, he practices his humanitarianism beyond Harvard to actually change the lives of many people for the better,” said Jordan Swason ’02, a former student and colleague of Sachs and presently an undergraduate fellow...
...such things as having more departmental courses count for Core credit, and slightly lowering the extent of Core requirements (which has been the subject of recent meeting of the Committee of Undergraduate Education). As a whole, though, the Core in its present incarnation is neither limiting nor lacking in rigor. Properly navigated, it can provide all of us with a variety of challenging and interesting options in fields we would never study if we weren’t required. Yes, there is always room for improvement, but the Core right now is just fine...
...understand the over-complicated tallying system requires statistics at a level of rigor that would make most Harvard social science concentrators keel over and cry. To Cambridge’s credit, it computerized its voting system in 1997, but that doesn’t seem to have solved the problem. The city should continue to search for a voting system where the candidate with the most support wins...