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...singular, motivating, guiding philosophy. The consequences of this decline are profoundly troublesome, as a slow start to Gen Ed threatens to banish incoming classes of Harvard undergraduates to an incoherent education. To hasten the development of Gen Ed, incoming Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds must refocus Gen Ed around a meaningful educational philosophy. In their preliminary report a year and a half ago, the chairs of the Task Force on General Education, English professor Louis Menand and philosophy professor Allison Simmons, presented a brand of liberal education that sought to prepare students to engage with an increasingly globalized...
...Saturday’s doubleheader the Crimson, having already clinched the Ivy North Division, regrouped to win both games yesterday, 5-2 and 4-2. “Going into this weekend we obviously knew that we had clinched [the Ivy North] and I think we just needed to refocus ourselves,” captain Shelly Madick said. “Today we knew that we had to stay up every inning, put pressure on them every inning, and play a solid game against them.” HARVARD 5, DARTMOUTH 2 In the second game...
...Through this book," Barbieri-Low writes, "I hope to refocus our gaze from the glittering objects and monuments of China to the men and women who made them." To that end, he's a sapient guide through not only the bustling, state-regulated markets, but back down the production line to the small private workshops where many of the goods - some of them knock-offs of wares made in larger imperial facilities - were produced by conscripts, convicts and slaves as well as free artisans...
...change, the campaign recently chose to refocus its public statements not on Romney's fellow aspirants, but on Barack Obama. "I think Obama's success has focused the race, whether he wins here tonight, whether he wins the nomination or not, and that's to our advantage," says Castellanos. However, their new pitch hinges on basking in the reflected glow of his shiny message of change - "With Barack Obama, the people of Iowa have shown they want change," is now a standard line in Romney's stump speech - while also painting him as a dangerous radical: "The nation wants...
...celebrate with their families. The next practice is on Dec. 27 in preparation for the next game, Dec. 30, at home against UC Irvine. A break may be just what the team needs to help it return to its winning ways. “The break will definitely refocus us, which we need,” Harris said. “Hopefully it will help.” —Staff writer Ted Kirby can be reached at tjkirby@fas.harvard.edu...