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...demographics of Harvard have changed too—and radically since the Core was enacted 28 years ago. Muslim or Hindu colleagues and friends are not only around the world but across the street, across the hall, or in the lab. Muslim students invite Jews to share a fast-breaking meal at the end of a day of fasting on Ramadan and Yom Kippur. Jews invite Muslims for an iftar in the Sukkah at Hillel. In the modern world, religious and cultural differences are simply part of our daily lives. The curriculum must catch up with this reality...
...editors: Should I be flattered, cross, or amused at the reference to my course, Historical Study B-11, “The Crusades,” in the article entitled “Professors Say this Core is Solid” (news, Oct. 10)? It is the only course the article mentions in the context of the Report on General Education, but there my moment of glory and gratification ends, for the reference is peculiar in conception and short on fact. The course is described, either by the chairman of the history department or by the staff writers...
...Please tell me this is for your lit and arts core or something...
...year when films like the “The Da Vinci Code” and “Jesus Camp” have questioned the core beliefs and practices of popular religion, “Deliver Us From Evil”—a documentary about the Catholic Church’s lengthy history with pedophilia and subsequent cover-ups— turns a more realistic lens on similar subject matter. Written and directed by Amy Berg, a young journalist who said she felt compelled to make the film after Boston’s Cardinal Law scandal broke...
...whose demography suggests they would vote Republican if they turned out - will come to naught because base supporters are so dispirited by Iraq, deficits and the Mark Foley Capitol Hill sex scandal. Leaders of social conservative groups say it's all putting a heavy drag on the party's core of support. But this is exactly where the Vice President has always been strongest, and he's working these crowds even harder than he did for the midterms of '02, when he also kept a heavy campaign schedule. The Vice President's office says the 113 events have benefited...