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Major Expansion in Minor Changes

Harvard undergrads will be able to choose among 36 “secondary fields," or minors, this spring, pending the approval of a Faculty committee. That marks an almost twofold increase in the number of secondary field proposals submitted over the past three weeks.

The Educational Policy Committee, the panel of professors that created the new secondary field program, will reach a decision this fall on the 36 proposals submitted by yesterday's deadline.

“I was a little shocked at how many proposals have come in so far," said Assistant Dean of the College Stephanie H. Kenen, who just three weeks ago told The Crimson that she had received only about 20 proposals. “And they're still coming in," said Kenen, though she added that proposals submitted after yesterday's deadline might not be approved in time for spring semester shopping period.

1960 Chevrolet Corvette Wins 'Best in Show' at Fourth Annual Gran Turismo(TM) Awards,

LAS VEGAS, Nov. 2 -- In an effort to find the hottest car for its next Gran Turismo(TM) property on a PlayStation(R) platform, Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. held its fourth annual Gran Turismo Awards at the SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) show in Las Vegas. Hundreds of entries from the world's largest auto show entered the competition in one of five categories, the winners of which were in the running for the top honor. In the end, the 2006 Gran Turismo "Best in Show" title was bestowed upon on Craig Morrison and his 1960 Chevrolet Corvette.

Morrison's Corvette will now be immortalized in the most realistic racing simulation game for all fans of the best-selling franchise to enjoy. Gamers can race award winners from 2003 and 2004 in Gran Turismo(TM) 4 which has sold more than 7.6 million units to date worldwide exclusively on the PlayStation(R) 2 computer entertainment system.

July 23rd, 2008 02:30 PM

Practical Django Projects

Chromodromic writes "Apress's newest Django offering, Practical Django Projects by James Bennett, weighs in lightly at 224 pages of actual tutorial content, but trust me, they're dense pages. Filled with pragmatic examples which directly address the kinds of development issues you will encounter when first starting out with Django, this book makes an important addition to the aspiring Django developer's reference shelf. In particular, the book's emphasis on demonstrating best practices while building complete projects does an excellent job of accelerating an understanding of Django's most powerful features — in a realistic, pragmatic setting — and which a developer will be able to leverage in very short order." Read below for the rest of Greg's review.