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There is a certain irony in the fact, reported by The Crimson, that the Cambridge public school system is now desperately scrambling to overhaul its educational programs in an effort to halt the exodus of students to private schools (News, Sept. 29). The situation in Cambridge nicely illustrates a bit of reasoning that might seem self-evident, if not for its potential ramifications--namely, that public schools are forced to improve when they find themselves competing with private schools for enrollment. The irony is that this is, of course, the crucial argument in favor of school vouchers...
Pintauro, known for his rendering of social, political and cultural moments in television, is certain to add a vitality to the class. His position that domestic staff are people too can only enhance the life-changing experience of the course. The teaching staff agreed that Pintauro will not have problems relating to his students, but suggested that students may have to work to bridge the gap between themselves and the former child star. In order to overcome this barrier, the course sourcebook will now include excerpts from issues 63-72 of TigerBeat as well as several posters (suitable for framing...
...spotlight obsession isn't the only problem with Talk. For starters, Talk needs a redesign. The black cover is awful. It looks sinister and sleazy, which may attract a certain audience, but not the intellectual yet celebrity-obsessed audience Talk wants. The inside design is just as bad. Maybe their "European visual sensibility," as Brown calls it in the first issue, just doesn't translate across the pond. It looks like a poor man's Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone is innovative in its design with its varying type faces and sometimes crowded text; Talk is just an imitator with...
...many cases this artificially depresses our enrollment, if a certain race of child wants to get into a school and it's full," Walser says...
...Still, no one is predicting that a ruling for the defendants would radically alter civil rights laws, and despite the Supreme Court?s history of reviewing its past decisions, it may examine the anti-discrimination laws and decide to leave them alone. ?Sometimes,? explains Sanders, ?the Justices will let certain rulings stand, if they feel that the resultant laws are deeply ingrained and fundamental to a system...