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...faculty already give students pluses and minuses.But on the final grade report, the only options given to faculty are whole-letter grades.Brown’s registrar reported that 46.7 percent of grades awarded were ‘A’s, 24 percent were ‘B??s, 4.6 percent were ‘C’s, 2.6 percent were no credit, and 21.3 percent were ‘S’ for satisfactory, according to Brown’s Office of Institutional Research. More than 85 percent of Brown faculty and graduate students supported...

Author: By Kathleen Pond, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Brown Considers Modifying Grading | 3/2/2006 | See Source »

...music as novelty, songs that are witty or funny,” Klein claims. But for Klein, irony isn’t about keeping up appearances. It simply helps her accept a song’s shortcomings—to keep the baby and ditch the bathwater.Take Plan B??s cover of Britney Spears’s “Toxic.” “It’s a song that’s supposed to be very sexy and appealing,” Klein explains in an email, “and we reconstructed...

Author: By Nicholas K. Tabor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Walking on Pop Sunshine | 3/2/2006 | See Source »

...Latin influx. In contrast to the U.S., where training is haphazard except at a few top companies, many Latin countries have excellent ballet schools, often subsidized by the government, where youngsters are put through a rigorous classical regimen. Spain boasts a fine school run by former Maurice B??jart dancer Vctor Ullate. Argentina has another, at the century-old Teatro Coln in Buenos Aires. But the most celebrated and influential school in the Latin world is the one attached to Cuba's National Ballet, supported by Castro since 1959 and presided over by the indomitable Alonso...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Psst! The Cubans Are Coming | 2/26/2006 | See Source »

...Down In Albion” from its share of duds. “Back From The Dead” is so boring that it feels as though it never lived in the first place. Kate Moss’ cutesy cameo on “La Belle et la B??te” starts the album off on a shaky, self-indulgent note. And both the slack ska of “Sticks and Stones” and the bizarre pseudo-Reggaeton of “Pentonville” sound horrendously out of place. As the record progresses...

Author: By Jake G. Cohen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Down in Albion | 2/15/2006 | See Source »

...voice representation would have made for a welcome change of color, as all the singers were soprano. Nonetheless, good music and good cheer made for a classy affair. Radcliffe Choral Society will perform on Friday, March 10 at 8pm in Sanders Theatre. —Staff writer Madeleine J. B??verstam can be reached at mbaverst@fas.harvard.edu

Author: By Madeleine J. Baverstam, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: An Artful 'Beau Soir' for RCS | 2/12/2006 | See Source »

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