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...PSLM. I’m a Reagan Republican and I still think they’re great kids. All those kids put their academic lives on the line. Someday they’ll be looked upon as examples of how wonderful Harvard students are. PBHA kids sacrifice their studies??at least it appears to me that they do. It’s very tough taking care of a lot of kids...

Author: By Rachel E. Dry, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Baby, You Can Drive My Van | 2/7/2002 | See Source »

Amid the recent controversy over grade inflation and honors at Harvard, the College has contemplated eliminating honors degrees in general studies??degrees received by about a quarter of graduating students that require only a B grade point average. Though far too many students—91 percent—receive honors, the standards for honors in general studies should be raised instead of abolishing the category entirely. Students should not be forced to conform to one department’s narrow definition of honors in order to be recognized for distinctive and extraordinary work...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Grades Are Also Honorable | 2/5/2002 | See Source »

Today’s meeting will also focus on the possible elimination of the cum laude in general studies??an honor earned by just over a quarter of the Class...

Author: By Jessica E. Vascellaro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: FAS Considers Reducing Core Requirements | 1/30/2002 | See Source »

...PSLM cites a variety of studies, placing the adequate wage in the Boston area between $11 and $22 per hour. That range alone should give us pause—the highest figure is a full 100 percent above the lowest. The difficulties become even clearer when one considers the studies?? differing methodologies and mutually contradictory assumptions. Some studies state that rent should never require more than 30 percent of income, and that the cheapest 40 percent of housing will always be inadequate for families’ essential needs. Others assume that it is enough for workers to make...

Author: By Stephen E. Sachs, | Title: Nonsense on Stilts | 1/18/2002 | See Source »

...rap” CD by Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74, West’s affiliation with the Rev. Al Sharpton’s presidential run, grade inflation in West’s course Afro-American Studies 10: “Introduction to African-American Studies?? and the nonacademic nature of books published by members of the Afro-American studies department...

Author: By Olamipe I. Okunseinde, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: What the 'H' Stands For | 1/9/2002 | See Source »

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