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...Undergraduate Council (UC) spent three-and-a-half hours debating and amending the semester’s final grants package during last night’s four-and-a-half hour long UC meeting. Though the Finance Committee (FiCom) met at length last week to interview student group applicants and to develop the grants package presented yesterday, the bulk of last night’s meeting was spent debating the numerous amendments brought before the Council on the bill. Several student groups, including the International Relations Council, Franklin Afterschool Enrichment (FASE) program, and the Harvard College Democrats also presented...
...proposals at the two regular Faculty meetings remaining this semester, but hopes for a “serious discussion on General Education.”Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 said the recent votes bode well for the future of the three-and-a-half year-old review. “A little movement gets the thing moving downhill,” he said.—Staff writer Evan H. Jacobs can be reached at ehjacobs@fas.harvard.edu.—Staff writer Anton S. Troianovski can be reached at atroian@fas.harvard.edu...
...half years at the helm, the administration has taken large steps to improve undergraduate social life. Progress in academic reform, however, has come slowly as the Curricular Review—which Gross co-chairs—continues without a Faculty vote on its recommendations after three-and-a-half years...
...faint tinkle of a jazz piano drifted out of the Agassiz Theatre last Sunday as the cast and crew of “Chicago” prepared for opening night. Faced with only three-and-a-half weeks to rehearse—a remarkably short time to put together any show, let alone a musical with a large cast—both staff and performers have been forced to turn to innovative means of directing, choreographing, and perfecting their show before the first performance next Thursday.Instead of the more typical process of working with the cast to determine the most...
After nearly three-and-a-half years, the HCCR is now in its final stages. After convening committees and publishing and vetting reports and recommendations, Kirby announced last week that legislation about the review, including the new general education system, would begin to come before the Faculty this spring. The HCCR has been considered extensively, and should not be impeded by the search for a dean at such an advanced stage. Furthermore, short of catastrophically halting the review and starting from scratch, it would be difficult for a new dean to put his or her stamp on a review that...