Word: rigor
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...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...
...could argue, here, that my concept of difficult is personal and does not reflect the feelings of most other students hear. To this I respond that even if Core courses seem to lack rigor, then many of the complainers seem, paradoxically, to consider this more a blessing than a curse...
That is to say, if people are concerned with the Core’s lack of rigor and the watered down nature of its courses, then I must wonder why it is that almost invariably the Cores that are rated easiest in the CUE guide (e.g. Quantitative Reasoning 28: “The Magic of Numbers” and Literature and Arts C-61: “The Rome of Augustus”) draw such large enrollments while nearly half the room shuffled out after Stanfield Professor of International Peace Jeffrey Frieden announced on the first day of Historical Study...
...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...