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Fresh approach at Holy Cross

Pioneering program introduces first-year students to (much) higher learning

Professor Estrella Cibreiro taught a freshman seminar at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester. ''This is the only class I have where I know everyone's name,'' said Sofia Spanos (with laptop, at right). Professor Estrella Cibreiro taught a freshman seminar at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester. ''This is the only class I have where I know everyone's name,'' said Sofia Spanos (with laptop, at right). (Christine Peterson for the Boston Globe)
By Peter Schworm
Globe Staff / November 17, 2008

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WORCESTER - Students had barely taken their seats before the class turned philosophical, an intellectual icebreaker of determinism and metaphysics. (Full article: 894 words)

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