Academics
Students Use Add/Drop Period To Shop
Many students took advantage of the period in which students can add and drop courses without penalty to extend shopping week past its official bounds.
Harvard Library Plan Under Review
Provost Alan M. Garber ’76 and Executive Vice President Katherine N. Lapp are reviewing “aspects of organizational design” in the University’s restructuring of its library system, according to a statement from a University spokesperson.
Harvard College Under FIRE
In a report released this month, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE)—a Philadelphia-based organization that rates free speech policies at American colleges and universities—gave Harvard a “red light” rating.
Lotteried Classes See Low Admission Rates
It is easier to gain early admission to Harvard College than get into a class with Harry Potter on the syllabus. While Harvard College admitted 18 percent of its early applicants in December, Professor Maria Tatar only admitted 10.5 percent of interested students to her class Folklore and Mythology 90i: “Fairy Tales and Fantasy Literature.”
Stat's Back
Stat 104 is packed on the first day of shopping week, with interested students filling Science Center C on Monday afternoon.
10 Cool New Classes
While shopping period often finds students flocking to classes with high Q scores and reliable old favorites, the following new courses are worth checking out.
Classes Crowded On First Day Back
Between 2 and 4 p.m., Sever 113 was supposed to host students shopping Government 1093: “Ethics, Biotechnology, and the Future of Human Nature.” But by 3:30 p.m., Sever 113 was empty. Three words were written in chalk on the blackboard: “Go to Sanders.”
Probably Full
Stat 104 on the first day of shopping week in Jan. 2012, with interested students filling Science Center C on Monday afternoon.
10 Easy Classes
If you're looking for an easy class to round out your course load, search no further.
Harvard Professors Search for Alien Life
Discovering extraterrestrial life is not a new goal on mankind’s to-do list. The search, of course, has traditionally played a larger role in popular culture than in the halls of academia.
LPSA Students Experience Eye Injuries After Lab
Adeyemi was one of about five students who were exposed to ultraviolet light in LPSA lab on Tuesday while not using the proper eye protection. As a result, they suffered from what Adeyemi was told may have been “thermal retinal burn from UV radiation,” a condition that includes symptoms of eye redness, pain, and blurry vision.
Sandel's Justice Expands To Japan
This coming January, lively philosophical debates—the hallmark of Professor Michael J. Sandel’s perennially popular class “Ethical Reasoning 22: Justice”—will be uprooted from their usual Sanders Theater setting to reach students on the other side of world.
Government Department to Offer More Morning Seminars
If the proposal, supported by Dean of Undergraduate Education Jay M. Harris, goes forward, some seminars would meet from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
