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...Mannersmith, the ideal college tailgate fare would include barbecue food—hot dogs and hamburgers—and snacks. With the caveat that “as an etiquette consultant” she would never encourage underage drinking, Ms. Manersmith suggests “hot peppermint schnapps” and “hot toddies.” If you are the type to head straight for the keg, consider the issue of temperature—“cold beer on a freezing cold day,” Ms. Mannersmith pauses for dramatic effect...
...problem of excessive bureaucracy. The College has hired an Assistant Dean of Student Life to develop a more efficient, web-based application process for student events. Vesting a single entity with the power to approve event proposals might offer an even more effective resolution. “In an ideal system,” says McCambridge, “you would have an office of student activities. If you submit a plan, it goes to that office, everything gets done and you get word back.” Though centralization might be the most effective way of getting...
...There?s enough wrong with Taboo - a messy book and a less-than-ideal production - that probably no one in good conscience can make a case for Scenario 1. Still, that doesn?t mean the howling critics who are gleefully writing their Scenario 2 endings are treating the show any more fairly. ?Not since Urban Cowboy has Broadway been littered with so much smoldering wreckage,? announced the Wall Street Journal. The Washington Post?s critic found the show so awful that it drove him into ?questioning the entire institution of Broadway.? The New York Times? Ben Brantley gave the show...
...high school students and their parents with the New SAT. The test, in any incarnation, is simply another item for colleges to consider. The Ivies and other elite universities will continue to use an academic index, reject students with perfect SATs and accept whomever they want to achieve their ideal, perfectly diverse freshman class. Let's stop the charade; abolish the SAT. BILL TOUMEY Long Beach...
Beginning with the potential members of the Class of 2004, applicants to Harvard’s non-binding early action program could simultaneously apply to similar programs at other schools. The policy was in many ways ideal: by letting prospective students apply elsewhere at the same time, Harvard gave them the maximum in flexibility. For the Class of 2007, Harvard made the admittedly questionable move of opening its early application process even further, allowing early applicants to simultaneously apply to another school’s binding early decision program. In addition to various ethical concerns, this newly liberal policy produced...