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...cross-registration, of course, is at the graduate student level,” Verba said. “There’s also a lot of interest in, and a lot of examples of, faculty members from other schools teaching in the Core curriculum...
...1940s under then-University President James Bryant Conant ’14 and in 1978 under former Dean of the Faculty Henry A. Rosovsky. But these comparisons are disingenuous at best. Conant’s revolutionary review essentially invented the idea of general education, the basis for core curricula nationwide; its 1945 report, the Redbook, sold 40,000 copies in a few years. Rosovsky’s review reinvigorated the faculty—still reeling from the culture shocks of the 1960s—by designing the core we know today, creating the idea of “approaches...
Bressler says that on some core issues, he agrees with Barend, even though they identify with different parties...
...toward a democratic future. While the haggling revealed splits in the council that could still haunt Iraqi politics, the signing marks an impressive accomplishment for the council and, particularly, Pachachi. The former diplomat, 81, who returned to Iraq from exile last year, oversaw the writing of the document, whose core is a U.S.-style bill of rights. Refined during many discussions in the sprawling house that Pachachi rents in Baghdad, the constitution enshrines rights Iraqis never dreamed of: freedom of speech and political organization, a ban on torture, equality of gender and religion. Says Pachachi: "I like to think this...
...into the less-than-comely prostitute murderess as it did for the actual performance. Theron’s performance is breakthrough work, painstakingly recreating the intense discomfort of a woman desperate to find a reason not to shoot herself at any given moment. At the film’s core is Wuornos’ tumultuous relationship with flippant lover Selby Wall (Christina Ricci). Though Jenkins fails to offer a believable relationship between these two individuals and Ricci sits through an unnaturally amateurish performance, Monster is ultimately redeemed by Theron’s resonant performance...