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...this commentary into a bin of wistful idealism, but there are very real ramifications to the rampant quantification of our academic life. The Q simply wasn’t designed to be a first stop in course selection, and it’s ridiculous to think that we can gain very much in the way of useful information from a string of highly subjective numbers or an ordering based on very fuzzy ranking. Worse, though, this focus on ratings encourages us to assume there is a measurable and identifiable route to academic happiness. There isn’t, and when...
Further east, Singapore has likewise turned itself into a major offshore haven by not taxing capital gains or income derived from outside the city-state. It's also easier now for foreigners to gain permanent residency, as long as they have at least $1.1 million to invest in a Singapore-based start-up or venture-capital fund, or $3.5 million to stick in a local financial institution. And while the E.U. is forcing European banks to open up to the authorities, Singapore has strengthened its customer confidentiality laws: anyone who reveals private financial information faces a fine...
...think that definitely is part of the motivation,” Taylor said. “[Northeastern] can get the press—that’s fine. But we knew we had to come out and let our play do the talking for us and gain us respect because we hadn’t been earning it as of late for our play.”ALL BARKAlthough Northeastern was favored to win last night’s match-up, it quickly became clear that the Huskies were outmatched.Maintaining a strong defensive front, the Harvard blueliners severely limited...
...always been interested in teaching but didn’t know whether she wanted to pursue a career in mathematics or education. She added that joining Teach for America would be “an experiment” but that she would take the experience seriously to gain training in education. Philip G. Parham ’09, one of the organizers of the event, said that the event was meant to counteract the fact that at Harvard there is “a lot of focus on law, medicine, i-banking, and consulting.” Last year...
...Missouri's demographics and its election rules make it particularly tough to handicap a close race here. Because the state mirrors America, every conceivable issue might gain traction - Missouri has nervous factory workers and ethanol-happy farmers; it has failing school districts and wealthy boomers irritated by the estate tax; it has huge corporations alongside angry populists. No one agenda has captured the race...