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...Quantitative Reasoning TF is “too tired” to go over the subject material again even after a diligent student points out her mistakes. Even worse are the martinetish schoolmarms who harp on punctuality—and mark down for tardiness—but spend the rest of the hour sitting with a hand to their mouth, concealing a yawn...
...understand that professors are busy. They have research to conduct, classes to teach, students to advise, and lives beyond Harvard to lead. Nonetheless, the Faculty’s unwillingness to spend 90 minutes discussing how to improve pedagogy—an issue that is central to Harvard’s mission—is a disappointment...
...hour of travel season is no mean feat, especially if you want to do so without emptying your wallet. But we humbly submit that the average Harvard student is more than up to the task. Which is why we find the recent decision of the Undergraduate Council (UC) to spend $1,000 on a 21st century Rube Goldberg machine to accomplish the same feat perplexing, especially in light of its record of questionable spending decisions. At its most recent meeting, the UC voted to pay for the development of a new Web site, called UC Rides, that will match...
...current Rhodes scholar Peter P.M. Buttigieg ’04, though, who answered affirmatively when he asked himself whether he wanted “to spend two years in a rainy country doing academic work in a quirky, ancient institution,” the possibility of his having gotten a “raw deal” never arose; the small annoyances associated with Oxford have not impacted his experience. He indicated, in an e-mail, a faith in the ability of high-achieving university students to maintain a balanced perspective: “When...
...High ticket prices prey on the obsessive nature of many Japanese fans, who will happily spend their money on collecting every recording, attending every show and buying the T-shirt. "Artists can be hot one day and not hot the next," says Roderick Morris, the promoter who organized Jackson's Japan events "But they can still come to Japan because fans are still loyal here." (Watch TIME's video "Appreciating Michael Jackson, the Musician...