Word: rigorousness
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...Here your blades don’t hit too many rats with rigor mortis,” Kummer says. “And I haven’t seen a dead pig here...
...managed to bring back all my regrets at having gone there. I regret not knowing what normal college life is like. I regret not having been able to keep a girlfriend. I regret having been compelled to take engineering courses. I regret the aches and pains of the physical rigor. And I regret that the honor code made me too trusting of society. However, I still have no doubts that I did the right thing. Rod Lurie Second Lieutenant, U.S.A. Giessen, Germany...
...gruesome embrace with the dead. One was Omaira Sanchez, 13, who remained up to her neck in ooze two days following the disaster. When the mudslide struck, Omaira was washed up against her aunt, who grabbed hold of her. The aunt died, but kept her grip, even after rigor mortis had set in. Finally, after rescuers worked fruitlessly for 60 hours, Omaira died of a heart attack. In the days after the disaster, one doctor estimated that there were at least 1,000 living victims still trapped in the morass...
...coming up with a very thorough report. While financial aid for summer study abroad is an excellent idea, we also encourage the CEA to look into ways that Harvard can improve its international resources—whether property or academic partnerships—and increase the academic rigor of study abroad programs. We also urge the CEA to focus on alternative ways for students to gain international experience outside of studying abroad during the semester. A step in the right direction, it is now up to Harvard’s administration to fund these new initiatives so that every Harvard...
...international property should be matched by one in international academia. Harvard must not continue to pawn off students on other schools’ study abroad programs, even if it offers financial aid for them. Harvard must form its own partnerships with sister international schools. As it stands, the academic rigor of most study abroad programs available to Harvard students pales in comparison to that of Harvard courses. While immersion into the local culture and language study are often the most important things about study abroad, academics must not be completely pushed to the side. Only through these partnerships can Harvard...