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Wherefore art thou, concentration requirements?Harvard’s English department has been asking itself this question since last spring, when a task force convened to evaluate the current requirements for concentrators. The task force’s proposal to overhaul the English curriculum was overwhelmingly approved by the department last week, and for good reason: The English department’s willingness to reevaluate its curriculum and standards of instruction shows a laudable level of introspection and an admirable desire to serve its students.The sweeping changes to the concentration are progressive and liberating amendments to a set of requirements...
...Although there was overwhelming support from English professors for the proposal in last week’s vote by the department, the former co-chair of the Task Force on General Education said, “I think we’re trying to do too much with too little...
Smith ground staff hiring to a halt in late November, setting administrators the task of finding what "critical" positions would still be filled...
...Some may argue that sending an email or a handwritten letter to the Student Receivables Office is not an extremely difficult task. These people would miss the point. The UC shouldn’t look on in silence while the administration limits their constituency’s freedom with regard to the fee’s payment. Such quiet complicity makes the Council appear desperate for funding, and happy to wrest money from students who otherwise wouldn’t want to pay. The UC constitution claims that it represents the entire undergraduate student body, not just students who fund...
...worse before they get any better. "Just today there's been an attack on 160 NATO vehicles in northwestern Pakistan," he says. "I expect more bombings, even in Pakistan. There's going to be no let-up. There may be more suicide bombings." He says the task of ridding Pakistan of terrorists cannot be left to the Pakistani authorities. "It should be taken up by an international force," he says...