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A movie has been made of his life. But Pacquiao says the full details of that life couldn't possibly fit into just one film. There are things to clear up. For one, he did not leave ramshackle General Santos City, a camp of tin and thatch, to pursue boxing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Meaning and Mythos of Manny Pacquiao | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

At my high school’s graduation ceremony, the headmaster used to introduce the valedictorian with a string of academic accomplishments, the most shocking of which was always how many A-pluses that top student had received during the past four years. A-pluses were the �...

Author: By Anita J Joseph | Title: The Case for the A-Plus | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

That Harvard has a grade inflation problem is news to no one. What is surprising, though, is that this issue has persisted despite its acknowledgment by students, professors, and the media. This may be because the obvious solution—grade deflation—is both unpalatable and difficult to...

Author: By Anita J Joseph | Title: The Case for the A-Plus | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

John Lavine, dean of the Medill School of Journalism, says the students should be considered reporters and therefore be protected by a 1982 Illinois shield law that protects reporters from having to divulge information to officials, absent a compelling public interest. He says the school will vehemently contest the prosecutor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medill Case: Are Student Journalists Protected? | 10/22/2009 | See Source »

And yet that very university system may be part of the problem. Despite the city’s deep well of potential contributors, over half the pieces in the Nov. 2009 issue of the New York Review of Books are penned by professors, and several of the other writers are...

Author: By Jessica A. Sequeira, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bright Lights, Big Pity | 10/20/2009 | See Source »

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