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...school without a Women’s Studies major. University officials appeared unconcerned about playing academic catch up, and the standing committee that the Faculty of Arts and Sciences had formed in 1982 to examine the issue of women’s studies had to start its work from scratch...

Author: By Laura G. Mirviss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students and Faculty Fight for Women’s Studies | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

Just literally, if you’re missing a hand, it makes a lot of things difficult, especially building something from scratch. Without that extra hand, Harvard students fumble their own imaginations. As a result, creativity exists at Harvard but only in trace amounts. With that exam booklet always in hand, most people only have time to create a persona rather than their masterpieces. We get walking, talking works-of-art rather than artists. We all have things to say, but even the best fall victim to the environment and the little Type-A sixth grader huddled inside their souls...

Author: By Andrew F. Nunnelly | Title: The Roof, The Roof Is On Fire | 5/26/2010 | See Source »

While Miron said he believes that it would be best to simply allow Greece to default on its debt and begin rebuilding its economy from scratch, other professors disagreed...

Author: By Nitish Lakhanpal, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bailout of Greece is Likely, Professors Say | 4/30/2010 | See Source »

Science of the Physical Universe 12, “Natural Disasters” Preceptor Jeff Standish says the Gen Ed office was “instrumental” in supplying financial support as the course’s professor and preceptors designed hands-on labs from scratch, including simulations of volcanoes, landslides, and tornadoes...

Author: By Julie R. Barzilay, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gen Ed Identity Still Emerging | 4/21/2010 | See Source »

Quick off the blocks, Obama will still be hard-pressed to best the prolific appointers of ages past. The one to beat is George Washington - who, admittedly, had a bit of a leg up, starting the Supreme Court, as he did, from scratch. One of the first bills ever to be introduced in the Senate, the Judiciary Act, constituted a Supreme Court made up of a Chief Justice and five associates. Washington signed it on Sept. 24, 1789, and within hours he nominated six men to fill the posts. Congress responded with a haste that is unimaginable today: five nominees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Which Presidents Have Picked the Most Supremes? | 4/13/2010 | See Source »

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