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...Class He Criticizes,” March 1). Putting aside the misrepresentation of facts by Travis R. Kavulla ’06in his column (“Brian Palmer’s Academy,” Feb. 24)—the overlapping of courses, grading policies, degree of rigor of the class—I have to say that at the core of his column lay a criticism of the class that I would have to agree with: the course lacks a sense of intellectual vigor in that it lacks a true diversity of thought. Yes, I heard many...
...think we truly know that Kerry can lead the country in a direction in which we believe we want to be moving,” Hafler said. “I think there’s an intellectual rigor when we look at their platforms and I think we carefully analyze them and we think that Kerry can lead the country...
...commercial entity, a professor still has a responsibility to “sell” his or her course to undergraduates paying through their teeth to attend this university, and who must narrow down their selections from dozens of courses to four. Though students should certainly prioritize academic rigor and teaching style in course selection, they would be foolish not to base their decisions at least in part on the structure and administration of the class, and it is important for professors to speak about this...
...yawn. Of Martin's Scorsese's "Last Temptation," he said, "You've got Harvey Keitel as Judas saying" - and here Gibson shifted into a Brooklyn accent - "Hey, you ovah dere." Maybe his was just dissing his strongest competition. He knew that these films were closest to his, in setting, rigor, power and bloodshed...
...professor said that “economists tend to give higher weight to academic rigor,” while other social scientists are more focused on shaping public policy...