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...which indicate that we do not face a critical problem. Beyond the serious consequences and complications of reforming the grading system, the Faculty has more pressing concerns on which to focus its energy.Any means of reducing grades would unnecessarily add tension to Harvard’s already hyper-competitive environment. Many classes foster a culture of antagonism by basing the standard of grading on the collective student average; the key to great grades in such classes is not working hard, but working harder than one’s classmates. This discourages cooperation. When students are measured against an absolute standard...
...recent American history, there have been few conservative causes that required grassroots rallies, sit-ins, or fasting. Conservatives tend not to talk in terms of “revolutions.” In the sixties, while the hyper-liberal Students for Democratic Society were storming the halls of the nation’s universities, their right-wing counterparts were trying to get good old boys like Barry Goldwater elected. The reason for that sort of discrepancy is largely that conservative values tend to be associated with traditionalism, and most forms of conservative reform can occur easily within a governmental framework...
...posters, and over 30 gargoyles of various sizes. Favorite childhood toy: My “Street Sharks” action figures, featuring Jab, Streex, Slammu, Ripster, and Dr. Piranoid. Sexiest physical trait: Child-bearing hips and two extended collarbone “nubbins” that I hope to hyper-evolve into wings. Favorite part about Harvard: The people! Describe yourself in three words: Heart and Lungs In 15 minutes you are: Doing what I need to do to prepare myself for a responsible and fulfilling life. In 15 years you are: On the streets of New America 2.3.01, using...
Political correctness prohibits us from saying, “That’s so gay!” in a derogatory context, yet the incidence of illness-as-punchline remains an all too common occurrence in our otherwise hyper-P.C. environment. Straight people don’t say, “That’s so gay” because they understand why it might be hurtful; but knowledge about mental illness is often lacking and misinformed, and many underestimate (or fail to consider) the severity of mental illness and the grief that jokes at its expense may cause...
...English character actor best known for A Clockwork Orange, who plays the role of Myers' opportunistic physician, Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasance in the original). "He likes it when I trip, or answer my phone in the middle of a scene." McDowell is right about his director's yen for hyper-realism. Look at the cast of any Zombie film and you'll be hard-pressed to find anyone as telegenic as Grey's actors. Zombie's first movie, House of 1000 Corpses, revived the career of balding, acne-scarred bad guy Sid Haig, and the cast of The Devil...