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...Educators have a phrase for this phenomenon: daigaku zennyu jidai, which literally means "an age when all are accepted to college." Big schools such as Tokyo University, which receives 40% of its funding from the government, are trying to goose head count by establishing more graduate schools and by adding postgraduate courses for working professionals and retirees. Smaller, underfunded colleges must take more drastic action. For example, Osaka University and Osaka University of Foreign Studies merged in October; two other Osaka schools - Kwansei Gakuin University and Seiwa College, both of which have been around for more than a century...
...item identifiers” listing the basic nutritional information of each dish along with its ingredients. “Students wanted to know the nutritional value of what we were providing so they could make informed decisions,” explains YUDS spokeswoman Karen J. Dougherty. While these calorie counts might be accurate, the question of the benefit—or detriment—of this nutritional information on students’ eating habits remains an open question. COMPETITIVE EATINGThe problem is that competitive Ivy League institutions typically pull in loads of students who identify as perfectionists. According to David...
Other contests might be more favorable for Clinton (Pennsylvania, Indiana, Guam, West Virginia, Montana, and South Dakota), but even decisive wins in those states - say, in the 60-40 range - would still leave her behind in both elected delegates and the overall count. That remains true even if Clinton somehow succeeds in getting the disputed delegates from Florida and Michigan seated at the convention...
...delegates, Pennsylvania holds the next major prize in the Democratic race, but the state doesn't hold its primary until April 22. In her remarks last night, Clinton made clear that the state is next in her sights: "People in Pennsylvania and other states want their voices to count, and they should be heard." And they'll be hearing plenty from a revitalized Clinton campaign in the next few months...
...divers, as Kelcey Moore, Anne Taylor, Reese, and Pipitone all finished in the top ten.Hinkle earned the first championship of her young career, qualifying for the “B” cut in the 50-yard freestyle. The only reason her 23.18 time in the finals did not count as a new school record was that she had already set the new mark at 23.17 in the prelims. Slaight took fifth in the event with a time of 23.56.The final Crimson swimmer to take home a championship was Pangilinan in the 200-yard breaststroke. The Ivy League record holder...