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...different fields; hence, they forbade any substitution of departmental courses, either basic or advanced, for the carefully designed “case study” courses approved by the committee. The result is that, as under the Gen Ed system, students devote about half their courses to their concentration, eight to the Core, and the remaining quarter to electives. But unlike in Gen Ed, the student with a sincere desire not only to learn modes of inquiry, but also to gain an educated person’s familiarity with a subject outside his major—be it Fine Arts...
...Harvard women’s tennis program isn’t used to failure. Since 1983, the Crimson has won 17 Ivy League championships and has never encountered back-to-back losing seasons. In 2008, however, Harvard had its second consecutive losing campaign in the Ancient Eight and went winless in its non-conference schedule. Although the Crimson did not have the type of final standing it had hoped for, the team became more competitive at the end of the year. The squad’s Ivy League record could have easily been 5-2 instead of 2-5 since...
After seven victims fell prey to the “Tylenol Killer,” who added cyanide to eight bottles of the medication in the Chicago area, the nation witnessed an outbreak of copy-cat attacks throughout the month of October. Other tampering incidents affected household products such as Visine eye drops and orange juice—but the biggest concern as the month came to a close was the seasonal staple: candy...
...original City Council proposal, introduced by former Councillor Walter J. Sullivan, urged the body to ban trick or treating. The remaining eight council members, however, did not vote to pass the resolution until it was scaled back to just encourage “parents to closely supervise their children.” The Boston City Council had passed a similar resolution earlier that week...
...Nineteen fifty-eight presents Richard Nixon with a bevy of choices that have to be made and risks that have to be taken. He still sits at the head of the class because he’s teacher’s pet, but he’s beginning to wonder what will happen when teacher leaves the classroom...