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Jeffrey P. Clemens ’05 woke up about an hour after the planes hit the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001 and turned on the TV. After taking in the destruction, he left his Matthews dorm room for a freshman seminar interview in Widener. He returned to watch Lower Manhattan turn into dust...
Clemens says he came across the idea for his economics thesis in a national security seminar inspired by Sept. 11 and taught by Baker Professor of Economics Martin S. Feldstein. Clemens learned that 40 percent of Afghanistan’s Gross Domestic Product comes from opium production, a figure that prompted his own research into the issue...
...only problem we have with the HCCR’s recent proposals—we are still vehemently opposed to the idea of a January term. We share, with many, legitimate fears that a January term would not have the faculty support to create the types of small seminar courses that would make it worthwhile. The January term as currently envisioned by the HCCR would lack academic rigor. It could degenerate into a glorified activities period. Students would be better served by a longer winter vacation with optional Harvard-funded components (like immersion in a foreign country). Driving the push...
...Huchra, who also teaches a freshman seminar, praised the report’s advising reform plan...
...organizers of the seminar, Jenna M. Mellor ’08, said that females also need to learn about the topic...