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...Coming to Harvard taught Ma that there was more to life than music...
...says that his teachers taught him to “break out of the ordinary into the extraordinary...
...sometimes forget that this tradition comes not from some authority on high but, instead, from those who lived, studied and taught here before us. It’s not always right (who can defend male-only final clubs?) yet much of it is because our predecessors, for the most part, sought to do what they saw as right, just as we do now. It underscores that one thing is unquestionably right with Harvard—its students. Year in and year out, our College attracts students who bring new life to the College, reinvigorating its intellectual fervor and debate...
...three or four courses that fulfill a particular Core requirement are offered in a term, students are often forced to pick a class that fits more conveniently into their schedules rather than one that truly interests them. This problem is exacerbated by the fact that most Core classes are taught in prime lecture slots; frequently, a student will have no choice at all in deciding which Core to take due to scheduling constraints. Harvard has the luxury of allowing course choices to be determined by something other than the constraints of the schedule...
Fifth, the diversity (read, “lack thereof”) of our faculty is embarrassing. Gender diversity is a perfect example: as a science concentrator I have had only a single tenured female professor in all four years, and she taught a Core class. While the balance of professors in the humanities seem to be moving towards reasonable numbers, the numbers of tenured women in the sciences at Harvard is ridiculous. It is hard to make arguments about a lacking “pipeline” of women students in the sciences, given that graduate students are usually...