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...with grade inflation. In the drive to do something about the A’s that seems to be proliferating on top campuses around the country, advocates for grade deflation at elite colleges have proposed plenty of cosmetic solutions that don’t do anything to solve the root of the problem but do a lot to hurt students. Caps are among the worst of these...
...Comparative Historical Perspective,” Niall Ferguson, who will join Harvard’s history department in July, made a number of points. In his keynote address he reiterated his most recent thesis: the United States is an empire in denial, and this denial is at the root of its failures. In the plenary session, he took his argument further: Empire “delivers the goods”—economic growth rests on the kinds of institutions that empire makes possible. Ferguson’s current work includes the calculation of investments made in the British...
Mahan said the “abuse” of procedural rules exhibited during last night’s meeting was not the root of the woes plaguing recent council meetings...
There’s the prerequisite pizza from ’Nochs and a healthy supply of beer, in both the root and alcoholic varieties. The recliner and every spot on the futons are claimed, forcing a few people to employ less-than-comfortable folding chairs. A brief discussion ensues about the use of the “lucky chair,” a white folding chair covered with signatures commemorating a come-from-behind Sox playoff win. Apparently, the chair only works when all of the roommates are present, since the Sox lost the time the chair made...
Last weekend, Harvard women’s hockey fans of all stripes had a rare chance not only to easily find its team’s scores, but also to go root on their friends, classmates or relatives live in person in the season’s championship matchup...