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Rejoice in your everyday anarchy, because politics is by necessity a zero-sum game; one candidate will win and others will lose. Obama surges, Clinton crashes. Republicans gain a House seat, the Democrats drop one. Of course, there’s a place for politics, and its well and good to devote time and thought to it, but at some point we have to take a break from red and blue maps, from tables of poll numbers, from endorsement speeches, and from the scandal du jour...
...single biggest "winner," in terms of number gained versus number lost, was not a religious group at all, but the "unaffiliated" category. About 16% of those polled defined their religious affiliation that way (including people who regarded themselves as religious, along with atheists and agnostics); only 7% had been brought up that way. That's an impressive gain, but Lugo points out that churn is everywhere: even the unaffiliated group lost 50% of its original membership to one church or another...
...cultivate a more well-rounded college experience. Despite the heavy stigma that gap years carry at Harvard, where many students feel pressure to finish college and enter the job market, a culture encouraging gap years is healthy. Gap years, particularly those that involve international travel, enable students to gain global perspectives that both enrich and inform their subsequent personal, academic, and extracurricular endeavors. For many matriculating students, a year spent in non-academic pursuits offers much needed respite from the stresses and rigors of high school. By providing constructive opportunities to relax and reflect, gap years prepare students...
...race card and get unfairly punished. As a result of the attention paid to racism and the punishments doled out to racists, comparing other types of persecution to racism elicits uproar. Other marginalized groups, such as homosexuals or obese people, identify their causes with the civil rights struggle to gain legitimacy. But Ford cautions against comparing something like gay marriage to miscegenation. Yes, it grabs people’s attention, and it may even silence opponents, but ultimately the comparison serves to undermine everyone’s struggle for greater rights and acceptance. The playing of the race card dilutes...
...close out the regular season, every win counts. The determined squad wants to leave nothing to chance.“The mentality is: we’re in the playoffs right now,” MacDonald said. “Every two points is a huge opportunity. We can gain some ground and pull away from Yale tomorrow. In terms of a tie-breaker, we want to win it against them.”Brown, on the other hand, sits at the bottom of the ECAC standings, tied with Dartmouth and Rensselaer for 10th place. Although the Bears notched...