Ziolkowski called the course the most postmodern class on the Middle Ages ever offered.

Screaming TFs

HISTORICAL STUDIES B-61--The Warren Court was set to begin in Emerson 105 at 11:07.

Trouble was the registrar's office grossly underestimated the popularity of Warren Professor of American Legal History Morton Horwitz.

A few minutes past 11 a.m., the classroom was packed tightly.

No standing room. No breathing room.

Hundreds of other students flooded out into the Emerson Hall's hallway, standing in sweltering heat, trying desperately to even get a glimpse at Horwitz.

For a bit, the line extended outside the building.

Finally, it became clear that there was a problem. A TF screamed to get the attention of the students sardined outside.

There would be a lottery for the course. While some of the more patient fans eventually made their way into the class, a large number decided on an early lunch, hoping to return Wednesday.

And Harvard's drop in the U.S. News and World Report standings was due to class size?

Letterman, Not

ECONOMICS 1660--Professor of Law and Economics Steven Shavell wants you to take his class. He really, really, really wants you to take his class.

At the first meeting of the new Economics 1660: "Law and Economics," the professor tried his darndest to win over the audience. Shavell began the lecture by lamenting the fact that "I don't have the personality of David Letterman, one of my heroes," so he said he would have to use other incentives to convince the audience.

And he did. For example, Shavell began the lecture with a typical speech about good reasons and not-so-good reasons to take the class.