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Get some (Core) class

All Columbia undergraduates have to take them—the required classes that constitute our early years. But do they go on to constitute part of us? This week, four students assess the foundations of our education. Jennifer Fearon examines what it means to re-read classics in Barnard’s First-Year English, Joseph Rozenshtein writes off University Writing, Sarah Ngu suggests it simply needs a few edits, and Neil Fitzpatrick merges the practical and the pedantic in his position on Literature Humanities.

By Sarah Ngu, Jennifer Fearon, Joseph Rozenshtein, and Neil Fitzpatrick

Published November 15, 2009

Tags: Opinion, Jennifer Fearon, Joseph Rozenshtein, Neil Fitzpatrick, Sarah Ngu, Barnard, Core, English, Lit Hum, University Writing

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