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...course, many religions have long histories of intolerance toward other viewpoints, and there is always a danger that, in promoting the practice of religion, one is breeding intolerance. However, religion also has a great potential for fostering tolerance: When religious groups teach their members to be open to others’ beliefs, the experience of belonging to one religion can help people draw parallels to their own experiences and create understanding deepened by shared beliefs and experiences...
...opportunity to experience religion, parents should be encouraged to give their children a religious education—not to indoctrinate them and make them intolerant of others’ viewpoints, but rather to give them the experience of being part of a spiritual community as well as to teach them about religion through the actual practice of it. Only in that way will they be able to truly understand the beliefs of those around them...
...Association’s alternative spring break program, which sends students to various locations for weeklong public service activities, received a record 380 applications—an increase of approximately 90 percent from last year. Harvard seniors from the Class of 2009 also set a record for applications to Teach for America—223 students applied, more than in any other year since the organization’s inception...
More Ivy League news after the jump.Some Yale professors were apparently under the outlandish impression that they were required to teach at least one undergraduate course offering at some point, but the Yale Daily News unearths the shocking discovery that no such rule exists, especially when it comes to the sciences. As at Harvard, ladder faculty are simply required to teach, but not to teach undergraduates...
...really believe in structured improvisation, that technique can set you free. I believe that the improvisation that I teach can teach students or dancers to know their bodies better. Your body is your instrument, so the more you can know about it, the greater you can investigate. Improvisation is very important in this day and age because every ballet company is doing neo-classical and contemporary work, and the boundaries are being blurred more and more in dance. If we are producing ballet dancers that do not know about improvisation, we are producing ballet dancers that are going...