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...rigid program, with ten rather vague areas in all, out of which students must choose eight. This is unacceptable: although we recognize the inevitability and practicality of some sort of Gen Ed revision, ten areas constitute an unnecessarily excessive infringement on students' freedom of choice. The idea of a wide variety of required courses in a loose framework, as embodied by the Gen Ed principle, is desirable. The Core goes too far in the opposite direction...
...city-wide moratorium bill stems from a petition residents of the Observatory Hill section of Cambridge submitted to the City Council earlier this year, demanding that the council halt construction in that neighborhood by several non-profit institutions, including Harvard...
City Councilor Alfred E. Vellucci said last night he would vote against the city-wide moratorium, although he supported the Observatory Hill moratorium...
...Coast Guard has been considering a number of alternatives. One proposal, to build a powerful radar station near Valdez to monitor icebergs, would require large amounts of money before geologists can confirm that the glacier is indeed retreating. Also, most icebergs calved by Columbia Glacier are "growlers" (20-ft.-wide slabs of ice that rise less than four feet above the water line) and somewhat larger "bergy bits" that are not easily picked up by radar. Another idea is to tow bergs out of the shipping lanes. But both solutions would be impractical if thousands of icebergs moved into...
What appears to be the most promising solution may also be the simplest: a cable of thick nylon strands would be strung across a 3.1-mile-wide passage near the glacier to block outbound icebergs. Similar barriers already help keep Greenland harbors free of drifting bergs. A feasibility study directed by Kollmeyer concluded that 20 men could put the cable in place within 40 days after the glacier's retreat is confirmed. Estimated cost: $31.1 million. Declares Don Ryan, a marine safety specialist for the Coast Guard: "So far, no one has suggested that our study is wrong...