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...standing here on my bully pulpit railing against "lax academic standards"--not I, one of the beneficiaries of grade inflation! I suppose I'm struggling more with the idea of Truth, at least in the context of academic writing--the sort of writing that occupies each of us at least for the years we are here...
...context of some cultures where there's such severe gender discrimination, it might be used," he says. "It's been used through selective abortion for a long time...
...problem is, what Madonna gave us isn't Hindu (or Indian or even South Asian) culture. Instead she gave us ritualistic verses and dance steps ripped completely out of context. I admire Madonna and respect her efforts to expand our collective cultural experience. Unfortunately, by using her artistic license to syncretize Hindu and South Asian cultural elements with the Western performance culture, Madonna ran the risk of trivializing the faith of others. What began as a well-intentioned impulse to enrich our multicultural milieu backfired by alienating the very people whose traditions she was attempting to introduce to the general...
...ignores the careful standards that the courts have mandated to prevent the misuse of perjury allegations... By selectively presenting the facts and failing to set out the full context of the answers that it claims may have been perjurious, the OIC has presented a wholly misleading picture. This tactic is most pronounced in the OIC's astonishing failure to set out the initial definition of "sexual relations" presented by the Jones lawyers at President Clinton's deposition... The burden that must be met by the OIC extends beyond showing that the President was wrong on the semantics, it must also...
During the term, we as students invest all our might, racking our brains, even losing massive amounts of sleep, just to conceptualize information. How great life would be if more of that time was spent trying to figure out how the flaws-turned-gems of life fit into the context of existence. Academics and extracurriculars are important, even vital to our dynamic campus, but the weekly schedule can become stifling. Stepping back, dropping the task at hand for an evening (even if it means sacrificing a grade!) and embracing spontaneity or quality reflection time can be rejuvenating. Maybe the break...