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...review. The debate and ultimate decisions on the review are the work of the faculty, not the administration. Many of the proposals, such as the creation of secondary fields, have considerable support and do not involve the commitment of new resources. Others, such as the formation of a more robust advising system, have costs that any dean of the faculty would be willing to assume. In fact, we have already moved in that direction by hiring an associate dean of advising programs and have budgeted funds to support peer advising of freshmen for next year...
...much larger solution. “We have been planning more comprehensive improvements to the FAS e-mail system...the execution of which will take several months,” Levine wrote. “We so very much look forward to giving the FAS a more robust, fast, and reliable set of services and network then has been previously experienced. As service providers, providing failing services is painful.” —Staff writer Jillian M. Bunting can be reached at jbunting@fas.harvard.edu...
...With the explosion of junior shooting guard Jim Goffredo into the team scoring lead, that strategy might well be revised. Goffredo has torched the Ivy League thus far, putting up 33 points in the opener against Dartmouth and 30 last weekend at Brown, and is now averaging a robust 23.5 points per league contest, 4.5 more than preseason Player of the Year favorite Ibrahim Jaaber of Penn. While there is evidence that the rest of the league was still unsure of the 6’1 guard’s offensive abilities heading into last Saturday...
America’s aggrandized conception of itself is no longer a characteristic that fosters patriotism and stimulates growth. Instead, it holds us back. We have the most robust economy, the strongest democracy, and the most powerful armed forces in the world, and the infallibility of these facts is a common assumption throughout American society. Yet if we do not face the peril that surrounds our nation in the 21st century, even the most optimistic Americans will not be able to maintain the idealistic image of our nation...
...grueling as finals period can be, it did not prevent the No. 18 Harvard women’s tennis team from prevailing over Boston University for the second consecutive year after coming off of the break. Led by a robust overall team effort, the Crimson defeated the Terriers 7-0 Saturday afternoon at the Murr Center to open its spring dual-match season. “I thought we played reasonably well, coming off a tough time with reading period and finals,” Harvard Coach Gordon Graham said. “It was one of our better first...