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...titled “How Religious Are America’s College and University Professors” and written by Gross and Solon Simmons of George Mason University, found that 36.6 percent of professors at “elite institutions” identify themselves as atheists or agnostics, in comparison to 23.4 percent of professors nationwide. The study used the “US News and World Report” ranking of the top 50 doctoral universities to define elite institutions, and religious individuals were identified as anyone other than atheists or agnostics. But professors remain less spiritual than...
...these are moot points in comparison to the final flaw of the book, and the truly fatal flaw in the current Democratic leadership: vacillation and foolishness on the War in Iraq...
...scented plug-ins. In August, ScentAir began offering a small home version of its smell machine for $30 a month. It comes with scent choices like eucalyptus mint, citrus musk and lavender with ylang-ylang, a derivative of a south Asian evergreen tree said to have aromatherapeutic benefits. "By comparison," says Van Epps, "plug-ins scream Grandma's bathroom aerosol...
...swift approval of the review—conducted mostly out of sight and with no public dissent among faculty members—also bodes well for Kagan, who is considered a leading candidate for Harvard’s presidency. By comparison, the undergraduate curricular review at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences has dragged on for four years—with no clear end in sight...
...opposite occurred in Montreal. In mid-September, a 25-year-old stormed into the local college and shot 20, killing one. The parents of the slain girl had no interest in meeting the parents of the murderer, who hoped to offer condolences. By comparison, this seems vengeful. But who are we to judge? Each family handles it differently; we ache for all of them...