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Last weekend prefrosh came and went, and undoubtedly a vast majority sent their affirmative reply cards to Byerly Hall a few days later. But judging by the depressing state of the campus over the weekend, the University should feel lucky so many decided to matriculate. Harvard may have the second largest library in the United States and a collection of some of the greatest minds ever, but it just doesn’t take care of its campus the way it should...
...returning to regular teaching—everyone, that is, except the undergraduate students who are unable to study under them. With a well-crafted leave policy, this wouldn’t be a problem; though there would always be professors absent from the community at any given time, the vast majority would still be enriching Harvard by teaching undergraduates. Under such a system, no more than a few professors in any field would be simultaneously missing from the classroom...
Well, it isn’t that there are vast disparities in the size and quality of rooms. Nor is it the disparities in location. Nor that all undergraduates pay the same rooming fee to occupy rooms that would likely command differences of over 100 percent if priced on the open market...
It’s difficult to describe the sound of a group whose influences include indie rock and underground hip-hop, whose vast array of instruments include the melodica and African drums. Their eccentric personalities and musical talents, ranging from classical to jazz, go together surprisingly well...
Many of us who oppose MCAS and the larger reform strategy do so because it does not, in fact, set high intellectual standards for students. The reform strategy, with its reliance on high-stakes tests, requires teachers and students to memorize vast amounts of information for the sole purpose of answering questions correctly on the test. Because of the stakes, classrooms become training grounds for taking tests. Of course test scores rise, but does this mean better education? No. There is little time left in the school day for worthwhile learning. Far from its touted purpose, the current reform strategy...