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...Gorites on the other. Their plan is media-savvy and politically astute. Concurrent with the party conventions, an assortment of activists, professional pols and show-biz celebrities with populist pretensions (from stand-ups like Bill Maher to superstars like Warren Beatty) will gather for four days of speechifying, seminar giving and satirical merrymaking, all on the indisputable assumption that the national press corps (and the public) will be so starved for spectacle and spontaneity that it will lavish attention on them--and their issues. CNN and C-SPAN have expressed interest in broadcasting some sessions live...
...Classes: Take a freshman seminar and actually get to know a professor. Don't fixate on your intended concentration. Your plans, interests, priorities will change. A reassuring story: I took three art classes plus a freshman seminar my first year, one Core (not Ec10) and only one class that eventually counted for my concentration. I am in an honors only concentration, yet I still have four more electives left. If it turns out that you're an art history lover, it's better to find out sooner rather than later and have to go to summer school to take "Landmarks...
...Read program, where I would meet with a 12-year-old once a week for two years and improve his reading skills. I also know that I'm highly unreliable, so I got two co-workers to sign up with me. Bravely opting for the "condensed, intensive" training seminar, we withstood three hours and eight chocolate chip cookies to listen to two of the sweetest women I've ever wanted to kill say the phrase "read with the child" 136 different ways. It seemed that the basis of the program was to read Time Inc. publications with our tutee. This...
...Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles suggested a worthy proposal that would foster interaction between the Faculty and the group of Harvard students with the least amount of faculty interaction: first-year students. Knowles recommended that all first-years should have the opportunity to participate in a freshman Seminar during their first year at college. The atmosphere of these classes, because they are conducted with a pass/fail grading system, places the emphasis on instruction and learning rather than preoccupation with grades and examinations. This is undoubtedly helpful for first-year students adjusting to the rigorous demands that define Harvard...
...department would have been pleased to have him back," he says. "He had a reputation as an excellent lecturer and excellent seminar leader...