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Despite blustering worldly pretensions, Harvard University does not teach the language nor culture of the world’s fourth most populous nation: Indonesia. Search the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Courses of Instruction and you emerge with three courses marginally related to the country—and not even one for the Indonesian language. We teach Bretton and Sumerian, Old Church Slavonic, and Pali— but have omitted Bengali, Javanese, Telugu, and Indonesian—which combined, are spoken by a total of 480 million people around the world. Though it’s true that Indonesia...
...they do not follow anyway? Can they find a new Martin Luther to break with the power-hungry old men in Rome? In a new church in synch with current values, vacant pulpits could be filled by married men and by women. The "cafeteria Catholics," who choose the church teachings they wish to follow and whom the Pope disdains, would return to their pews on Sundays. Enlightened views on contraception, stem-cell research, sexual discrimination and abortion could be accepted. The question is not if but when such a break will occur. The new Pope may be the catalyst...
Another important improvement to writing instruction at Harvard was not included—teaching Expos exclusively in the first semester. Currently, half of the freshman class is at a disadvantage, as they learn the fundamentals of college writing after a semester of writing college papers. This diminishes the value of both first semester courses and Expos. Currently, Expos has its own set of preceptors that makes a single semester solution economically unviable. However, the report proposed that Expos be taught by lecturers and tenure-track faculty, who could teach Expos in the fall and a different class in the spring...
After last year’s report called for a review of the Expository Writing program, the committee charged with this task greatly broadened its focus. The committee made suggestions not only to improve instruction in writing, but also identified a need for courses that teach public speaking and rhetoric...
...says he wouldn't try Huang's procedure - "it's too early to know exactly what you're doing, quite apart from the ethical issues" - but believes the doctor should continue his work: "Every adult should make their own choice. And even if there's limited success, it will teach us something." At their home in Rotorua, filled with pets and photos, Rein says he'd hoped for more from the surgery, but is grateful for any more time he and Willie have together. "I had nothing else," Willie types. "And if I didn't do it, I would always...