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...wait the 15 to 20 years that it will take for a student center in Allston to be constructed, especially when there are viable alternatives today. As Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby recognized, the strength of the Harvard experience is “the [synergy] between students?? academic, extracurricular, social and residential lives,” which, he went on to say, the “campus renovations are designed to boost…to an even greater extent than before.” The next logical step after these renovations is a survey...
...Allston, and many squads end their workouts around 6:45 p.m. in order to give athletes time to catch dinner. Nearby dining halls close at 7:15, while those in the Quad—Cabot, Currier and Pforzheimer—stay open until 7:30 to accommodate their students?? longer commutes from the Yard...
...Harvard, where some large classes already impose such caps, this 35 percent would represent not only a meaningless distortion of student success but also a deterrent for dedicated students. Under grade guidelines, shopping classes and sections would become exercises in pinpointing the least intellectual and experienced students??with whom to compete for the rare, coveted A—instead of searches for the classes with the most thought-provoking material and the best lecturers. Liberal arts colleges, like Harvard, are supposed to discourage such grade obsession among their students and promote engaging intellectual discourse and education above...
Princeton’s grade guidelines also place students?? futures at risk. Senior Princetonians applying to graduate schools and post-college jobs will be handicapped by systematically lower GPA’s. These deflated numbers presage deflated opportunities. Since the grade deflation movement is not a national movement among colleges, there will be consequential grade discrepancies between hard-working students from colleges with and without grading guidelines. In the gray area between a successful and an unsuccessful application, Princeton students will lose out on average...
...future safety of New Orleans have plagued the university’s fragmented population since Katrina descended Aug. 29. A month later, Tulane students still lack access to their university e-mail accounts and information about their belongings. Nevertheless, Tulane insists the university will be ready for students?? return in January...