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...This discussion has been absolutely brutal. There are 12 people in the section, and if there was an over/under for how many people actually did the assigned reading, Vegas would probably set it at three. The TF keeps asking us questions, in response to which we put on our “concerned intellectual” faces and act as if we stayed up all night pondering the deeper meaning of the reading, when in reality I know that at least four of us are still waiting for our books to arrive from Amazon.com...

Author: By Eric A. Kester | Title: A Blog Too Far | 11/20/2006 | See Source »

...think my TF has started to wonder yet about why I’ve taken more “notes” in today’s section than I have, say, for the entire semester...

Author: By Eric A. Kester | Title: A Blog Too Far | 11/20/2006 | See Source »

...graduate student in archaeology? Well then I guess it makes sense that you’re teaching a class on astronomy, since both subjects deal with rocks on occasion. Next, you have the TF who is actually overqualified for the class. These are the ones that come into section and explain to you that, unfortunately, everything your professor lectured about was wrong. So whom should you believe: the professor or the TF? Who knows—just make sure you guess right when it’s time for your midterm. Finally, there are the TFs who you have...

Author: By Eric A. Kester | Title: A Blog Too Far | 11/20/2006 | See Source »

...remains unclear whether Benedict was deliberately trying to raise the temperature. Many analysts, especially in Rome, think he knew exactly what he was saying and regard the Islamic section of the 35-min. speech as a brave and eloquent warning of Islam's inherent violence and of a faithless West's inability to offer moral response. Yet Benedict's argument was slapdash and flawed. His sage, Ibn Hazm, turned out to have belonged to a school with no current adherents, and although reason's primacy is debated in Islam, it is very much part of the culture that developed algebra...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Passion of the Pope | 11/19/2006 | See Source »

...Yale student section jeered “overrated” in unison during Harvard’s 34-13 loss on Saturday, some Bulldog fans were out to prove just how underrated their school was—at least defensively.The Bulldogs defense, which came into The Game ranked last in the Ivy League against the pass and No. 4 in stopping the run, held the high-powered Harvard offense to a season-low 13 points in the season finale. Yale confounded the Crimson offense, rendering it ineffective in virtually every category.Deflation was the name of the game for Yale, which...

Author: By Jonathan B. Steinman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Unheralded Yale Defense Punishes League's Top Attack | 11/19/2006 | See Source »

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