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...long term is the idea that the new Standing Committee on General Education will be endowed with a clearly defined lens through which to judge potential courses. Unlike the past 30 years of the Standing Committee on the Core, the new committee will theoretically be able to tell professors that their courses’ content does not mesh with Harvard’s guiding philosophy of general education, and they should teach their classes within a department instead. Professors will not be able to simply add a final exam in order to join general education; they will have to tailor...
...were injured and sat out last weekend’s slate of games. Their status for this weekend is unknown, though Chu will definitely be suiting up for the Crimson. If any comparison can be made between the two squads at this point in the year, common opponents will tell the tale. And yet, both teams seem to come away with the same results. Just last weekend, the two squads both beat Providence and tied No. 3 University of New Hampshire. For the Crimson, however, a loss to the Huskies the previous week has them in a stretch that...
...warning us all to be skeptical of poll results: "People tend to tell pollsters what they think they want to hear...
...recoil from the notion that a scientific sampling of the American people, too, can lie. But how can we know for sure? What if a pollster were to ask me, "Do you think people tell pollsters what they want to hear?" Having heard the news, I would have to say, "Yes." Which would not be what the pollster would want to hear...
...decorous Senate has grown to resemble the rowdy and partisan House. No longer do personal relationships and mossy traditions insulate the Senate chamber from the vitriol that has come to pass as political debate in this country. And as everyone who has held the job in recent years can tell you, much of that is aimed at the Majority Leader. "It really is better to throw grenades," says Rutgers University political scientist Ross K. Baker, "than to have to catch them." So if you are looking for something to give either Harry Reid or Mitch McConnell this Christmas, think...