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...wear to class? Do you give equal consideration to both?GT: It’s about equal, yes. THC: So then, do you incorporate the stereotypical American Ivy League Professor uniform into your wardrobe? The tweed blazer with the suede elbow pads, the oxford open at the neck, the ill-fitting brown corduroys? Do you embrace this archetype or do you rebel against it?GT: I don’t own any of the items you just said.THC: So you’re rebelling! I mean, do you feel like it’s a conscious effort, when professors...
...citizens may see the U.S. as their territory, but this does not make it true; the Unites States is a sovereign nation, and part of being a sovereign nation is being able to define the nation’s boundaries. Mexicans who violate these boundaries, whether for good or ill, are violating U.S. sovereignty and essentially flaunting our laws. This might not seem important to the average Mexican immigrant, who just wants to provide for his family, but it is important philosophically. Mexicans have no legitimate reason to feel outraged and claim that the U.S. is violating their rights because...
...Sitting in the front row of the spectator's gallery, Richard Flesher, a retired social studies teacher from Hinsdale, Ill., had the same questions. After a recent trip to the Middle East, Flesher was curious if any of his phone calls or emails to the region are now in the NSA's database and sent a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to find out. The NSA responded that they could neither confirm nor deny that they intercepted copies of his communications. He's written an appeal and is still waiting for an answer. "It's not about getting money...
...physics are an increasing source of worry for corporations like Merck and for colleges and universities, which see a shrinking pipeline of talented U.S. students pursuing the sciences. Without a Sputnik to galvanize the nation, and with an emphasis on testing in reading and math, the nation's already ill-equipped science teachers have been fighting for the attention of students, principals and policymakers. The policymakers, it seems, are starting to listen. After calling it imperative in his State of the Union speech that U.S. students receive a "firm grounding in math and science," President George W. Bush is expected...
...Harvard managed to push Purdue to 3-3, but sophomore Dan Nguyen’s heartbreaking loss—7-6 (4), 5-7, 6-3—proved the decisive match in the Boilermakers’ ultimate victory. It was more of the same yesterday in Evanston, Ill., when the Wildcats won two of three doubles matches for the all-important point. In following that performance, Northwestern then nailed down three singles matches to edge Harvard. Sophomore Ashwin Kumar dropped the decisive contest at the No. 1 spot by two tiebreaks. Harvard travels back to the Land...