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Mansfield is also correct to notice the pervasive political correctness on campus. The number of liberal activist groups is incredibly large, the political leaning of most campus speakers and events is quite liberal and the curriculum has its share of liberal ideology. Conservatives on campus are fortunate to have an outspoken ally in Prof. Mansfield. As one of the lone voices of conservatism at Harvard, he should be congratulated. JEFF LETALIEN...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mansfield on the Mark | 11/2/1998 | See Source »

Weeramantry, a native of Sri Lanka, then warned students that now might be the final time to correct the wrongs of the past century...

Author: By Robinson A. Ramirez, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Int'l Court Leader Urges Law Students to Activism | 10/30/1998 | See Source »

Cornell is correct to assume that a college residence should "link living and learning" and "emphasize strong faculty participation" in the lives of undergraduates. At Harvard, the House system was instituted in the 1930s for this purpose-to provide students with a decentralized, small-college atmosphere, modeled on the colleges at Oxford and Cambridge, within a large university. Students were supposed to feel a strong personal attachment to their House and to the community it provided...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Advice for Cornell | 10/29/1998 | See Source »

...this institution equip my child in ways that generate confidence? Will I be able to find some diamonds in the rough?" Zemsky's scheme "got us all thinking about how we evaluate ourselves," says Freeman Hrabowski III, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. "And the emphasis is correct; it's on outcomes. Parents can now say, 'My son or daughter is interested in becoming a scientist. What's your record in producing scientists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: What Makes A Good College | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

...moment indicative of Torre's managerial competence was first that there was nothing overtly logical about his decision to remove Wells; he was simply following a pattern of using middle relievers that had worked in the past. Yet Wells took the decision amiably (it turned out to be correct). The huge, unkempt, Babe-Ruth-worshipping Wells, who is an emotional transparency, had an early-season run-in with Torre when he openly berated fellow players on the field for making an error. Torre informed Wells that teammates don't do that. From that point on, Wells has been a teammate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The-uh-uh-uh Yankees Win! | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

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