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...Princeton wants to continue issuing press releases, it’s fine with [West],” Ogletree said. “But it’s a little unsettling to have an institution with such a high reputation have to admit that it engaged in such a stupid blunder and to then garner the publicity from it in a way that’s not helpful to Cornel West or the integrity of the university...
...There are more examples - more, perhaps than anyone wants to admit - of countries whose rudeness is not shut away in a dark cellar but brought to light and celebrated as an attribute. The Germans? So rude that they even find themselves unbearable, hence all those holidays that involve drinking too much beer. The Swiss? Rude in a unique hodgepodge sort of way, combining the worst characteristics of the Germans and the French. If you haven't been told off by a grouchy Swiss chocolate maker, you haven't lived. Fantastic...
...Oxford brand guaranteed this scandal would resonate. Two officials of Pembroke College, one of Oxford's 39 constituent colleges, had to quit last week in disgrace when it emerged they were willing to admit a bright but not stellar boy whose father was offering to contribute $420,000. Unfortunately for them, the "father" was a reporter for the Sunday Times. Pembroke and Oxford swiftly repudiated their supposedly wayward officials. All Britain united in condemning the sale of university places. And who could disagree? In modern meritocracies, state-funded universities are supposed to be incubators of talent, not whorehouses...
Especially when, as any admissions officer will admit over a drink, it is almost impossible to determine who in a pile of reasonably bright 17-year-olds will turn out to be the best student three years from now, let alone manifest the guts and creativity needed for a stellar career. British students specialize early. They win university places on the basis of three written exams graded by strangers, usually teachers on holiday with a big pile to get through. To claim that the results of this process provide some self-evidently fair and complete measure of potential to excel...
...while publicly disavowing terror as a tool for its cause. History has shown time and time again that the PA cannot be relied upon to stop terror; instead, many of the terrorist groups targeting Israel, notably the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, come from Arafat’s legions and admit to being under his control. But most important is this: Arafat is an elected representative of the Palestinian people. Arafat may rule with an iron fist, but he was elected by a landslide in a popular election...