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...same time span that primary education has evolved, it is a stunning fact that the methods of higher education have hardly changed at all. While elementary and secondary education have benefited from progressive ideas of alternative learning, group work, and hands-on activity, higher education has retained an unfortunate commitment to antiquated Puritan themes of individual contemplation and work in isolation—both of which characterize the academic experience of the Core, the hours spent alone in the library, alone writing a paper, alone taking notes in a crowded lecture hall...

Author: By Kevin Hartnett | Title: Look at Methods, Not Content | 4/2/2007 | See Source »

...adjustment the Quakers had to make after the opening minutes. Harvard jumped out to a 3-0 advantage less than four minutes into the action, as senior attackmen Evan Calvert and Greg Cohen teamed up to give the Crimson its biggest lead all season. Calvert scored twice in the span of five seconds and assisted on Cohen’s goal en route to a 3-1 lead after a quarter. Penn stormed back to tie the score at 3 apiece, before Calvert fed Cohen again to retake the lead. A Quaker goal 37 seconds before halftime tied the score...

Author: By Malcom A. Glenn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Stenmark’s Strike Propels Men's Lacrosse Past Ivy Rival Penn | 4/2/2007 | See Source »

Still, by day's end, we are reminded again that the Mob here is indeed more than folklore. The Camorra truce has been broken, and three people have been gunned down in a six-hour span. In at least one of the hits, two killers arrived by scooter. Both were wearing helmets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: Naples | 3/30/2007 | See Source »

...adjustment the Quakers had to make after the opening minutes. Harvard jumped out to a 3-0 advantage less than four minutes into the action, as senior attackmen Evan Calvert and Greg Cohen teamed up to give the Crimson its biggest lead all season. Calvert scored twice in the span of a mere five seconds and assisted on Cohen’s goal en route to a 3-1 lead after a quarter. Penn stormed back to tie the score at three apiece, before Calvert fed Cohen again to make the score 4-3. A Quaker goal 37 seconds before...

Author: By Malcom A. Glenn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Men's Lacrosse Notches First Win In OT | 3/25/2007 | See Source »

...swaggering king in the 2005 CBS mini-series Elvis, has the full lips and slim hips to carry off the King's sexy side, and a bit of the demeanor too. "Jonny, by instinct, has many of the same qualities as Henry," says Hirst. "He has a short attention span. He never thinks there's anything he can't do." All of which helps when the actor has to declare war, ride a horse while carrying a giant wooden lance and speak five languages convincingly. "I had other images of Henry," says Rhys Meyers, who changed his mind after some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Royals Become Rock Stars | 3/22/2007 | See Source »

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