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...Task Force on General Education has its way, future undergraduates at Harvard College will be required to take one course concerning “American social, political, legal, and economic practices and institutions.” The requirement is a sound one, but it is not a solution to the fundamental concern underlying it: that in an era of accelerating globalization, too many of Harvard’s American students lack a basic affective attachment to their country and its culture...
...task of hosting the fourth edition of the Central Series, held on a Saturday characterized by cold conditions. Harvard took sixth-place in the event, which was won by Salve Regina. MIT took second place, followed by the University of Rhode Island and two Tufts teams...
...place within the general education hierarchy raises grave concerns not only about the sincerity of the General Education program’s original goals—which, so it would seem, necessitate some historical literacy—but more importantly about the legitimacy of those goals themselves. The Task Force’s preliminary report emphasized the importance and inherent value of so-called “liberal learning,” defined as the “free inquiry undertaken without concern for topical relevance or vocational utility”—a phrase that was, perhaps...
...Despite its avowed vindication of contemplative virtues over pre-professional training, the Task Force, however, fails to recognize its own irony. For in aspiring to produce graduates imbued with a sense of international consciousness and responsibility, the proposed General Education program provides a merely instrumental service, albeit with a peculiarly postmodern flavor...
...winning the doubles point fairly easily. In the top doubles spot, Princeton’s Blakely Ashley and Ivana King forced the less experienced Forgie to prove herself, hitting the majority of balls to Forgie’s side of the court. Forgie proved herself up to the task, and Harvard took the match, 8-5. Mukundan and Brook won convincingly at No. 2, 8-4. “Princeton was a tough match, obviously,” Mukundan said. “We had some close matches and some tough matches. I thought the match started out great with...