Word: admittedly
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Over the past few months, I have spent a fair bit of time thinking about reading and writing. I have been trying out what the proper attitude towards these things ought to be, though to be fair, I should admit that I was motivated by procrastination as much as curiosity. I had thought about these issues in a general way over the past couple of years, especially as a first-year, when literary theory seemed to be all the rage. It wasn't until beginning to write a thesis that questions of attitude and method became really engaging, however...
When Cotton implies that the University of Texas Law School ought to admit only "academically competitive" whites, he is really saying that blacks and Mexican-Americans should be denied the social power that comes with a legal education. And when Cotton writes that the taxfinanced state school should adjust its admissions criteria to exclude minorities, he means that the school should show no social or political responsibility to the large black and Hispanic communities that help to support...
Many people have shown that such tests show great differences among different groups, irrespective of ability. Hopefully schools admit students on more realistic standards than a single test. LAUREN E. HOUGH'99 March...
...virtuoso! Lugging his cello and dressed in formal attire for a just completed photo shoot--tight scheduling is one of the defining characteristics of his day-in, day-out existence--he takes off his jacket and asks the two journalists present, "Mind if I change?" Since no one will admit to offense (come on, Yo-Yo, we're delighted; you just gave us our story's lead), Ma proceeds to strip down to his underwear before slipping into street clothes...
...having said all this, let me also be honest and admit that I am transferring out of the Quad next year. My decision was based mostly on curiosity about the River and commitments to roommates, not any severe unhappiness about the Quad. I have already worried about having made a mistake, wondering how much I'll miss the people and the community I have found...