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...have trouble understanding your Ec 10 TF? Dean Theda Skocpol and the Graduate Policy Committee may have the solution. All non-native English speaking graduate students—whether they anticipate teaching undergraduates or not—will now be screened for competency in reading and speaking English, according to a report released today by the committee. Skocpol, dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS), said yesterday that measures are in place to ensure quality of speaking and writing skills but that they have not been uniform or consistent. “It?...
...Hollywood crowd winds up back remains to be seen, but one thing is fairly certain: Streisand will sing. "Barbra has been performing for every major Democratic candidate for almost 20 years," says Tabankin. After all, not only can she help raise a lot of money, but she can teach the pols a thing or two about working a crowd...
...hold the hands I love / On this winter's night with you" - that McLachlan treats as both a prayer and a plea. In her take on Joni Mitchell's "River" she gives us a little epiphany. Twice she sings "I wish I had a river so long, I would teach my feet to fly" - and the second time, she holds the last word for 10 seconds, as it gathers strength, touches on a wistful tenderness and breaks off. In one note, and so many moods, it is a perfect flight, from gentle ascent to a graceful landing on tiptoe...
...Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science and former dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 scathingly criticized Harvard’s curriculum in his book “Excellence Without a Soul.” “Harvard teaches students,” he writes, “but does not make them wise.” Later, he writes that, “Harvard articulates no ideals of what it means to be a good person, as opposed to a well person.” Lewis’ point is that a Harvard education...
...what it means to be human” requirement will become more than a vague addendum, and grow to comprehend a wide variety of courses from across Harvard that address ultimate questions of truth, meaning, and purpose. Faith traditions like Christianity have much to teach us in this regard, and should not be neglected in this new proposed component. Many Harvard classes, like Wolfson Professor of Jewish Studies Jay M. Harris’ Moral Reasoning 54: “If There Is No God, All Is Permitted,” already take on these concerns. They are perennially oversubscribed, showing...