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Currently, the minimum standards at the College require students to earn at least one satisfactory (C- or better) grade and not fail more than one class per semester to avoid being asked to withdraw. To avoid being placed on probation, students must pass all their classes and receive not more than one D in any term. These standards seem especially low. A modest raise in these requirements will not place too great of an academic burden on most students...
...minimum standard requires that students earn at least one satisfactory grade (C- or better) and do not fail more than one class during each semester. Students not meeting this requirement are forced to withdraw...
...many today fail to recognize the worthiness of the ideals of the United Nations, focusing only on its shortcomings. An application of the UN spirit in reforming its bureaucratic machinery is necessary, rather than the simplistic abandonment of the entire UN concept. Disheartening, beyond the imperfections of the UN, is the apparently widespread opinion that the UN is not an issue worth discussing...
...every last item on The List, I would be all right. Armed with Pepto Bismol and anti histamines, I, feeble Sarah, who has no allergies, would be safe. With an ashtray (for guests of course, as the list instructs) and four dozen hangers by my side, how could I fail...
Your report underlined two major problems in Western society: we fail to take responsibility for our own acts, and we continually get ourselves into difficult situations and look to someone else for a solution. Drug abuse will be with us as long as we adults teach by example that every problem can be resolved by putting another capsule into our mouths. Everything--from minor headaches to boredom and from stress to fatigue--comes under this heading. Is it any wonder that teenagers follow our example? (The Rev) JOHN LEESE Bivange, Luxembourg...