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...which must aim to create informed, global citizens—then the inclusion of a survey course in world geography is absolutely essential. Take Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service, for example. All freshmen must either pass a very difficult placement exam or take the pass-fail introductory geography course, “Map of the Modern World.” While this particular system might not be the best fit for Harvard, it sends a clear message that we should seek to echo: Our institution will not graduate people unfit to engage actively with the world around...
...average American understands the principle behind a car warranty. We never expect the warranty to cover our regular oil changes, smog checks, or brakes. The warranty is, in effect, an insurance policy. If the entire engine were to fail, the warranty would cover a replacement, limiting our losses in the event of a catastrophe. This is the principle behind almost every insurance policy: fire insurance, flood insurance, home insurance, and life insurance. The unfortunate exception is health insurance, and this difference has led to an expensive, inefficient, and unsustainable medical system.Health insurance, when purchased through an employer, is currently...
...there is Extended.” “Extendo,” as it is called, is more or less like being put in a holding pattern. It is a place with no real games and no real statistics. Its members are composed of those unlucky players who fail initially to break camp when Spring Training ends on April...
...state college to dance at the party), and college athletics issues (the woman was allegedly raped by the members of a college’s athletic team).While critics of the media coverage focus their complaints on the intense scrutiny directed toward the athletic program and the players, they fail to see the many instances when the survivor is most harshly investigated. Victim-blaming is frighteningly common—the young woman at Duke has now been asked why she went back in the house, why she would work as a dancer, why she would have been...
...discussion on what she termed “feminist misdirection.” Zepeda, author of the conservative blog Bikini Politics, spoke of her concern for equality in education. There is a disturbing trend in the tendency of men to drop out of high school—and fail to complete college—at higher rates than women, she said. Zepeda’s talk called for a brand of feminism that would rise above the current “politically correct perversion” and turn more attention to men’s issues, as well as women?...