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He’s not the only one, either. Last fall, 23 percent of CUE guide respondents said the class “changed their lives.” And according to several TFs, it has inspired many students to switch concentrations and rethink their professional plans...
...punches the oversize buttons on the wireless console, Mom is supposed to guide him through the activity--a lesson in colors, say, or shapes--from a device connected to the TV. Chicco, meanwhile, has developed a bilingual videophone for tots 18 months and older. When a child flips a switch on the keypad, objects (a duck, a tree) appear on the screen, and a voice, speaking in Spanish and English over a cordless handset, identifies what's on display. Price $40 each Available Fall...
...homelands. The practice is so common in both Winter and Summer games that International Olympic Committee ( i.o.c.) President Jacques Rogge blasted some of them as "mercenaries" last November. Are these transnational Olympians playing by the book - or just gaming the system in their favor? i.o.c. rules say athletes cannot switch teams if they have played for their old countries in the past three years. They need approval from both their old and new nations' Olympic committees and they have to meet the new country's citizenship requirements, which vary widely. But, says David Fitzpatrick, sports director of the International...
...instinctive response to this outbreak of British euphoria is condescension. (It's fun to switch cultural roles once in a while, no?) Americans who don't love music can sniff at the band's impossible youth--two of the Arctic Monkeys are 19, two are 20--and refrigerator-poetry name. Music lovers need only glance at dusty albums by Oasis, Super Furry Animals, the Prodigy and Bloc Party to remind themselves that the Brits routinely mistake mediocrity for greatness. Here's the thing, though: this time there's no mistake. Whatever People...
Choosing a concentration at the end of freshman year makes students feel that they must prematurely decide their course of study without having had diverse experiences. Experimentation is discouraged, and switching concentrations is truly difficult. For example, switching from government to economics is grueling, because they have two different tutorials. Students who would like to switch from the social sciences to the natural sciences at the end of sophomore year are faced with an even greater challenge. Currently, Harvard is not a good place for bright students who come into college undecided about their concentration...