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...unsolved account for part of its persistent hold on our collective memory. But it has-or can be made to have-a heavy symbolic resonance as well. Post-World War II Los Angeles had about it a dark glamour. People were reading noirish novels (and seeing the movies based upon them) that had been created just prior to and during the war. The city was still digesting a huge and largely ill-favored population increase-people had flooded in to take jobs in booming wartime industry. It was policed by a force infinitely more corrupt than the norm...
...this fall, administrators will once again call upon students, this time to manage the caf?...
There are lots of reasons to be moral: avoiding prison, hell, and appearances on Gawker.com are just a few. But you’re in luck, oh principle–perplexed undergrad, for Harvard has bestowed its most righteous of all Cores, Moral Reasoning, upon thee. Unfortunately, it’s often righteously boring.In theory, Moral Reasoning courses will help you learn to deal with tough ethical questions, and face up to quandaries that enable you to hone your moral compass. Though the MR menu provides a seemingly gourmet spread of professors, readings, and course titles, reality is often more...
...religion (Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, etc.) or an area (East Asia, Modern West, etc.). The courses you take do not necessarily come from your focus; the whole department is essentially a free-for-all when it comes to plans of study. Much of the appeal of the concentration rests upon the intimate relationship fostered between students and professors. Since the concentration as a whole averages between ten to fifteen concentrators per year, it makes for a cozy environment in the Barker Center. Students can expect some actual attention from their advisors when it comes time to talk about plan of study...
...pursue a finance career—you get four normal years of college, you’ll end up taking most of the same courses anyway, and you’ll have the impressive masters degree on your transcript and resume. Ka-ching!–better jobs upon graduation and the possibility of starting at a higher pay scale. As for the actual courses and professors in the department? Well as you might expect, they are dry, tedious, and from the level of Stat 110 and up they are pretty taxing. Fortunately for most people, their only interaction with...