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...climb in. “It’s freezing in here. Turn off the AC.”“Oh, okay, I’m sorry.” I fumbled with the temperature controls on the console, randomly smacking buttons until I hit something that seemed to stop the icy air. I immediately began to sweat.“Make a right up there.” I pulled away from the curb, “Rocky” theme song playing in my head. I put on my blinker, stopped at the stop sign...
...anything more than an anomaly. However, amid the abstractions of bar charts and regression lines, we forget that each of these cases represents a taxing situation for young mother and child—whether intended or accidental. So whether or not this report stands up to statistical scrutiny, it seems prudent to consider how best to address its purported consequence: a larger group of Massachusetts children born to young mothers. The causes behind teen pregnancy are endemic and self-perpetuating; they must be confronted as such, not as peripheral elements of a broader trouble. A complex problem demands a complex...
...from difficult courses, and professors frequently become blind and deaf with regard to student feedback. At Harvard, where courses can have enrollments of hundreds of students, this breakdown in communication can often lead to widespread frustration on the part of students, and even genuinely well-intentioned faculty members can seem unreachable. While Harvard has a functioning and fairly well-regarded system of pedagogical feedback—the Q guide, formerly published by the Committee on Undergraduate Evaluation (CUE) and now by a combination of the CUE and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS)— the current...
...Quad (for once Quadlings win out), while freshmen reported a zero percent dissatisfaction rate.Those in Mass. Hall are better connected than most—43 percent report they are very satisfied, 43 percent are satisfied, and 14 percent are neutral with their wireless connections.In contrast, the River Houses seem to still be awaiting a flood of signal. Adams House had by far the worst wireless situation, with a reported 36 percent dissatisfied and 16 percent very dissatisfied, landing a majority of the residents in the unhappy column. Clavery residents even admit to trying to pick up non-Harvard network signals...
...Increasingly, courses and concentrations seem to take a backseat in determining one’s post-college life. Many students see liberal arts merely as a supplement to non-academic activities—a series of motions necessary to obtain a piece of paper certifying one as employable...