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...classes are busy publishing miniature newspapers, designing model cities, writing operas or gathering data on acid rain. Once the tasks have been set by the teacher, students are generally free to pursue them as they see fit. In these settings, knowledge tends to travel across the room like a rumor, as students, hearing of a new discovery or computer application, drop whatever they are doing to gather around and watch. The learning, in computerese, is hands...
...girl, what mattered after delivering the baby was cloaking her latest humiliation in a thin veil of dignity. On the way to school, she reportedly told a friend, "There's been a rumor that I'm pregnant, but I'm not," and invited the girl to feel her tender stomach. "She refused to admit that she had given birth once she lost the baby," a friend of the family said. "It was as if she could not comprehend it." Her teachers didn't help: though she had faithfully attended classes, they say they never realized she was pregnant...
Getting a study in Widener is a definite perk. Rumor has it that there is an 18-month waiting list. But significant numbers of people--graduates, junior faculty and so on--do manage to conduct significant research without recourse to a study...
...wonder that two weeks ago, we complained that Slichter "does not speak to anybody." No wonder we called him a "purported spokesperson." No wonder we dredged up the old rumor that Slichter had not spoken to a Harvard undergraduate since his own graduation...
...presence of religion and morality, they obviously neglected to consult the source itself. The Crimson's trusty copy of the Bible (King James Edition) indicates that the "What is man" quote can actually be found in Psalm 8, Verse 4. Despite the egregious (and highly ironic) error, rumor has it that the original author otherwise appreciates AALARM's work and will not be pressing charges...