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...intellectuals wanted a truly diverse academy, they would first set rigorous and unyielding admissions standards and then look to the individual convictions and character of applicants, not their skin colors. Alas, they do not adopt this policy because it would result in less outwardly "diverse" students, and they cannot place inner diversity--diversity of the mind and the soul--on a pie chart. We are all the worse...
...letter asks the administration to adopt the GSC's Statement of Graduate Student Rights, which addresses these and other issues...
Some said that they would not tell theirparents about the normal sleep habits that keepthem going--late to bed and late to rise--but willinstead adopt a faux sleep schedule to putparents' minds at ease...
...these things go too far, they can spin violently and dangerously out of control,? says TIME?s London bureau chief Barry Hillenbrand. The ?Contact Group? on former Yugoslavia -- the major EU governments, the U.S. and Russia -- meets in London Monday, and Hillenbrand says it is likely they will adopt a carrot-and-stick approach to force Belgrade to find a political solution to the demands of Kosovo?s Albanians for greater autonomy...
Although it places an unfair burden on a child, many parents unwittingly pressure students to carry out their own unfulfilled dreams. The mere fact that their children are attending Harvard may cause parents to feel jealous or want to adopt their children's experiences as their own. Perhaps they just want to visit, genuinely wanting to hear every detail of every day of college life...