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Honors are simply a reflection of the level of work a student has done over four years of college. The suggestion that if only ten percent of the graduating class earned honors, we would know who the real academicians are seems childish, since it would serve only to increase competition and acrimony among students...

Author: By Nora Guyer, | Title: Good Grades and Hard Work Are Honorable | 5/20/2002 | See Source »

...with volume two, out in July. These kind of teased out, black and white, multi-volume stories are typical of Japanese manga storytelling. Also typical, Yoshizumi's drawings mix saucer-eyed, button-nosed caricatures with realistic details, particularly of the outfits the characters wear. Though little more than a childish soap opera, the natural, breezy dialogue (translated by Jack Niida), the occasional editor's notes on Japanese culture, and the likable characters make for a delightful read...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Two New Comix for Kids | 4/23/2002 | See Source »

...what is most shocking is not that West has chosen to leave, but rather the level of disrespect he and his supporters are being shown by members of this community. Nowhere is such insolence demonstrated more than in the Crimson staff’s editorial “A Childish Departure” printed April 18, 2002. The piece is little more than a shallow misrepresentation of student sentiments regarding West and his decision to leave for Princeton...

Author: By Brandon A. Gayle, | Title: The Crimson Staff Does Not Speak for Us | 4/22/2002 | See Source »

Outrageous and untrue finger-pointing is a childish tactic that disregards the responsibility of all parties involved, including Europe, the Arab nations and the United States, along with Israel and the Palestinian Authority...

Author: By Natalie Portman, | Title: Israeli Diversity Shown Even Among Leaders | 4/17/2002 | See Source »

...school she meets alienation and childish desires for popularity. As she grows, her obsession with books and girls turns into one with books and boys. She also discovers a direction for her ambition—school and eventually university...

Author: By Sarah L. Solorzano, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Sins of the Fathers | 4/5/2002 | See Source »

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