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This is a task that universities have all but abandoned. Harvard College, under the leadership of Dean Henry Rosovsky in 1978, irresponsibly marginalized moral inquiry to a “moral reasoning” core requirement, fooling itself into thinking that a few months of reading can aid the self-realization of a lifetime. The latest update on the Core similarly ghettoizes moral reasoning into a fixed few courses...
...team.”With the fall season just beginning, and the challenges of the spring still far away, the captains still are working to develop the chemistry of the team. The crew wants to build its strength and unity to prepare to take on the daunting task of the spring.“Its not an explicit thing right now to talk about the spring with the new varsity members,” Chung says. “We want to get things running smoothly.”But the question remains as to what makes this year...
...It’s kind of a fun thing that the team does,” Benkreira said. “Part of what I do is keeping things from getting really tense and keeping things fun.”Benkreira is particularly successful it this enviable task. His down-to-earth nature and witty sense of humor entertain his teammates and coaches, alleviating some of the stress that builds up after long hours on the water or in the erg room.During one fall practice, lightweight varsity coach Charley Butt chided Benkreira about his blade work in the water. Butt...
...seconds short, falling in the narrowest of photo finishes to Cornell—the same crew that had turned Sprints into a lopsided race for second two weeks earlier. The Big Red had the advantage of racing in a longer boat, and the IRA officials had the unenviable task of awarding one gold medal into a race in which there were two valid champions.“I know we got the short end of the stick, but that race at IRAs last year—I’ve never been a part of an effort that intense...
...discussing the report of the task force on general education with a Crimson reporter the other day, I failed to make my view clear enough. I am quite sorry that as a result, the Crimson story (“Professors Say this Core is Solid,” news, Oct. 10) leaves the impression that I am in some way critical of the course Historical Study B-11: “The Crusades” or of its place in the proposed curriculum. This is particularly regrettable because my intent was quite the opposite. This course has been an important...