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...full year of writing instruction might seem even worse. Since its inception, Harvard’s writing program has both struggled and strived to meet the needs of freshmen whose writing skills vary on an enormous spectrum. One of the major efforts to close such a gap between students has been the creation in 1985 of a separate expos class engineered for students coming from weaker secondary school writing backgrounds...

Author: By Rediet T. Abebe, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Expos Revised: Addressing Varied Writing Skill Levels | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

...administrators and students indicate that the College is taking some small steps to encourage students to more closely monitor and control access to Harvard dormitories and drug use at Harvard. Still, it is unclear whether these steps came about due to the Kirkland shooting, whether Harvard has taken any major steps to prevent such an incident from reoccurring—or whether they are simply too nervous to talk about...

Author: By Eric P. Newcomer and Naveen N. Srivatsa, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: A Silent Aftermath | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

...student housing—an essential component of the Harvard undergraduate experience—was on the verge of major transformation...

Author: By James K. Mcauley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: College Housing Debates | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

Some say that the vacuum posed considerable problems for the city, while others contend that the mayor’s duties are not so significant that a vacancy in the spot is a major problem...

Author: By Xi Yu and Julie M. Zauzmer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Cambridge Runs Mayorless | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

...move out. The exodus of undergraduates from the humanities to occupational majors—coupled with the devaluation of literature and art in our society—has driven certain humanist disciplines to the brink of extinction. From the early 1970s to the mid 1980s, the number of English majors in the United States dwindled from 64,000 to 34,000. Despite the fact that more students across the country are attending college than ever before, less than four percent of them in 2004 chose to major in English, a number that has declined each subsequent year. In this...

Author: By Matthews B. Kaiser | Title: Reading Like Your Life Depends On It | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

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