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...fourth similarity pointed out by the editors’ note, Ilyinsky’s piece and the Slate article both contain a paragraph of “Janus words”—words that can have opposite usages...
...cotton candy.Princeton’s senior QB Jeff Terrell, an archetype of toughness and experience against Harvard last week, falters versus Cornell’s second-ranked pass defense. The Tigers’ vaunted defense, which held Clifton Dawson to just 64 yards on the ground, can not contain underrated and underused rusher Luke Siwula or mobile quarterback Nathan Ford. The inconsistent Big Red is a good team at home and rises to the level of its competition. Ace kicker Peter Zell fells the Tigers with a last-minute field goal.Prediction: Cornell 19, Princeton 17.Record to Date: 19-17.Against...
...implementing the new general education curriculum, the new committee should group courses that satisfy a particular requirement into two tiers. The first will contain all of the various departmental courses that satisfy a given general education requirement. These will be determined based on an evaluation of the course’s subject material and syllabus to make sure that the course matches up with the guiding philosophy of a given area of general education. We expect that the vast majority of courses that count for general education credit will be in this tier...
...Cultural Change category. What should not be retained from the present system, however, is the general constraint that few departmental offerings satisfy Literature and Arts requirements. Any course—be it under a department or under some extra-departmental administration—should satisfy either requirement if it contains substantial engagement with that category’s subject matter. For instance, English 124d, “Shakespearean Tragedy,” should unreservedly satisfy the Literature and Arts A requirement, while Music 1a, “Introduction to Western Music from the Middle Ages to Mozart...
...Look a little closer, however, and it becomes evident why Dandong (pop. 2.4 million) is anything but a normal Chinese city--and why it's a crucial front in the world's struggle to contain a nuclear North Korea. A few hundred yards across the river lie the dilapidated low-rise buildings of the North Korean city of Sinuiju, many of which seem deserted, their window frames empty of glass, their doors agape. A few peasants dressed in blue jackets and trousers can be seen laboring in the fields in front of the town, but otherwise an eerie stillness pervades...