Word: hear
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...clearest possible terms, which I hope every person in every land will hear: all of this I have had to endure for something that I did not do." - Proclaiming his innocence in a statement issued by his lawyers after he left Scotland's Greenock prison, saying he faced an appalling choice - "to risk dying in prison in the hope that my name is cleared posthumously or to return home still carrying the weight of the guilty verdict, which will never now be lifted" (New York Times...
...Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes handed down the infamous ruling summarized in the subheadline above. He was talking about forced sterilization of the “feeble-minded,” but his words also sum up one attitude towards Harvard’s legacy admissions. You can frequently hear muttering about how unfair it is that Harvard is admitting legacies over equally—or even more—qualified candidates. Anti-legacyism is the last acceptable prejudice. These underqualified, overprivileged, moderately pasty folk need to stop slipping over the admissions border and stealing everyone’s slots...
...some of you, this self-characterization might be accurate. Some of you will spend your college years with academics as your only priority. You will become a maestro in schmoozing teaching fellows and professors, you will know exactly what they want to hear in section, and you will argue for those crucial half-points after the midterm like you’re Tom Cruise in “A Few Good...
...throughout the summer to maintain project momentum—often with great success—functionally dissolving the UC in May leaves them alone to represent an entire student body until elections in October. No matter the prowess of the president and vice president, no two individuals can possibly hear and effectively address the multitude of concerns facing students across campus...
Another criticism you often hear is that the rankings encourage schools to add unnecessary perks, such as climbing walls. Is that fair? Some schools or college presidents or boards have used wanting to improve in the rankings as an administrative goal. Some schools are targeting their academic policies toward improving in the rankings. But I don't think that's really hurting students. The factors that you cited aren't really part of the rankings. Many people at the schools don't understand the ranking methodology and say things as an excuse vs. the truth. Generally, targeting the rankings doesn...