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...this Core out of the way, “The Rome of Augustus” is a painless gut. The lectures are pretty entertaining, but you can probably sleep through them (yes, they’re at noon) and still do fine. This course will also save you some serious cash: buy the sourcepack to memorize author names and prep for IDs, but otherwise some handy SparkNotes will do the trick on the rest of the syllabus. As anyone who’s not a neophyte to the Core, true academic challenge comes only by taking cross-listed departmental courses...
...final project, you’ll use Amadeus software to figure out how sound moves in an enclosed area. But beware: if you salivate over Satie but shy from sine waves, give this class a wide berth. A grasp of physics, good ’ol trigonometry, and a serious interest is music is mandatory if you want to get something more than a C out of the course. Your fellow classmates will likely be people actually into science, which will make the course better or worse depending on where you fall on the spectrum. Professor Eric Heller and most...
...won’t be on the final.” That’s fine for English concentrators doing their time in hard science, but if you’re actually trying to engage with the material (ecology, linguistics, behavior, and genetics), prepare for some serious frustration...
...much," said Dawson student Galadrielle Major, 23. "If this happens in Canada, we have a serious problem. Mr. Harper has to do something. It's not normal for a person who's that young to have access to guns. It's not normal...
...despite a nationwide anti-graft campaign instigated by President Hu Jintao, many Chinese aren't convinced that the Party is really serious about uprooting corruption. As the Xinhua article itself noted, an online poll by the People's Daily website, which carried the story, found that nearly 80% of respondents either thought the forced prison tour was "just for show" or would be ineffective in preventing the officials from illegally profiting from their positions. That is a distressing prospect for Communist Party Cadres, who remain keenly aware that rampant corruption was one of the prime motivating factors behind the huge...