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...nations, the way the program is set up now, students should be given the freedom to study larger “themes” like the roots of revolution or the rhetoric of religion, subjects which are inherently interdisciplinary and transnational.To rebuke Hist and Lit too severely would be unfair, however. The program is largely dependent upon departmental course offerings, and “transnationalism” as a concept has not been adequately defined. In the words of anthropologist Arjun Appadurai, “No idiom has yet emerged to capture the collective interests of many groups in translocal...
...their opening heats. The varsity crew ended up taking second behind Navy in the Petite Final, battling Penn and MIT for the silver, while the JV eight won its Petite Final. “We would obviously have liked to do better, but I think it’s unfair to chalk up a whole season’s worth of work into one six-minute piece,” captain and second varsity seven-seat Pat Mulcahy said. “There’s a hole lot more that goes into it.”The Harvard lightweights...
...percent of your grade is determined during reading period and finals, the lack of feedback on the last work of the semester is particularly egregious. Never knowing why you got the grade you did, what you did well, and what you should have done better is not only unfair but also damaging to the learning process...
Furthermore, allowing students to see their grades helps them catch mistakes or unfair grading practices. TFs and professors are not necessarily held accountable for grades they administer at the end of the semester, and it should not require special determination and drive for a student to determine why he or she received a particular grade. Standardizing responsible practices across all departments would ensure that all students have a means of recourse for grades that they think might be unfair...
...Some even took the award as an opportunity to take an unfair potshot at Sarkozy: The hip culture magazine Telerama cited the fact that he presented the award in person as yet another instance of the notorious admiration of the wealthy and famous that has some calling Sarkozy "the bling-bling President." To be fair, Sarkozy had nothing to do with Dion's selection, which was made in 2005. Nor is there anything new in the Legion inducting honorees whose selection induces a blanching response among people of taste. While professional cynics such Porte lavishly mock a national joke...