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...implementation were left to the Core Committee, which was described by then-Dean of the Faculty Henry Rosovsky as “the main forum in [the Faculty] for the discussion of undergraduate education.”The only mention of departmental alternatives in the new legislation is a sub-point that charges the committee with creating a policy concerning “alternative means for fulfilling general education requirements with, for example, departmental courses or freshman seminars.” Gone is the critical language in the Task Force’s report that...
...Walsh said. “We came down here to win two games.” The Crimson (6-10, 2-2 Ivy) lost the second game to the Lions (10-13-1, 5-3 Ivy), 5-1, after easily defeating them, 9-4, in the first contest in sub-50 degree temperatures at Coakley Field in New York City. The nightcap saw a solid outing by junior Brad Unger wasted by a complete-game, five-hit gem by Columbia’s John Baumann. In the opening game, the top of the Crimson lineup caught fire and was backed...
...think you are naive to believe there are societies that have "no" teen delinquency and "no" teen-parent conflict. In your book you cite many pre-industrial and impoverished societies in sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere that seem to exhibit low levels of teen pathologies-but so what? Many teens are also starving in these places. I'm sure they don't have time to be delinquent. A defining feature of modern society is that we don't need our young to work, so of course they will screw up more...
...protest over their treatment. If there's a grace note to be found in this grim tale it is provided by an American guard, a former real estate agent named Benjamin Thompson, an open-faced innocent who cannot believe that the nation whose uniform he wears can enforce the sub-human conditions he witnesses at Camp Ganci. He's not a sophisticated witness, but he is clearly a good and honorable man, recognizing a soul mate in the bedraggled form of the gentle Yunis...
Many tropical nations, especially those in sub-Saharan Africa, are not so lucky. Malaria is caused by a bacterial parasite which is spread by mosquitoes. Each year over 300 million people contract the disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 1 to 3 million people die from malaria each year, and three-quarters of the fatalities are African children...