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...Week Reading Period is the one of the sillier parts of Harvard's silly academic calendar. No one, save a few of the nerdier members of SONG, studies for finals in the first week of reading period. That's because no one needs 14 days to study for four tests. Finals just aren't that hard...
...UNDERGRADUATE COUNCIL'S current proposal to reform Harvard's calendar is a step in the right direction. But the Council recommendation--which would condense winter and spring exam periods by two days and facilitate a slightly longer intersession and a slightly earlier summer dismissal--does not go far enough. If we want to fix the flaws of the archaic calendar, we should do it right. Here...
...ACADEMIC CALENDAR is undoubtedly one of Harvard's most unappealing aspects. Not only do we get a scanty two weeks for winter recess, but we have to come back and endure an excruciating month-long combination of reading period and finals. Our spring finals month is just as hellish as the winter one, but at least it's followed by a vacation. (I guess we're lucky that they give us our finals before we leave home for the summer--they could conceivably administer our exams upon our return the following September...
Kalkanis said that if the proposal is approved, students may have greater clout with the administration in reforming the school calendar...
Coffey denies that his relationships color how Calendar is edited; instead, he points to the hard-nosed pieces he has published detailing the behind-the- scenes negotiations that went into the Matsushita buyout of MCA and Sony's * purchase of Columbia Pictures. Coffey boosters contend that Calendar's emphasis on profiles and reviews simply makes the section more competitive with the highbrow arts and culture section of the New York Times, which began circulating its national edition in Los Angeles...