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...resident tutors and knowledgeable upper-classmen—in a wide variety of fields to initiative-taking students. That’s not to say that the new sophomore system has been perfect at roll out. Nevertheless, it seems that it can be easily refined to correct its one major weakness—ensuring that undecided students who are not particularly proactive about finding the right tutor or upperclassman to advise them do not fall through the gaps. But the average sophomore advising experience still looks to be strong and better than its ugly parent, first-year advising. Fundamentally different?...
...this unquestionable benefit has had negative side effects. With an influx of students from for whom a major draw is post-college career success and earning potential, there will naturally be less emphasis on the “frivolous” pursuits of the liberal arts and more on activities and areas of study that are distinctly pre-professional. Though of course there are exceptions, this culture increasingly pervades campus. This is why there has been a surge of campus business groups, and so-called “leadership” organizations. This is evident, too, in the rise...
...murderer - and the dad he was being torn away from is the most wanted boss in the ever-powerful Sicilian Mafia. Top boss Salvatore Lo Piccolo and his son were captured together Monday morning in a small hamlet outside of Palermo in Sicily, a bust immediately hailed as a major victory for the Italian state in its ongoing battle against organized crime. Lo Piccolo, 65, was considered the unrivaled leader of the world's best-known crime syndicate, Cosa Nostra (Our Thing), after the April 2006 capture of legendary capo Bernardo Provenzano. He had been a fugitive since 1983. Salvatore...
...According to Maher, one of the most important issues facing Cambridge is the city’s rapidly rising housing prices. He says a major concern is growing tax burdens pricing some families out of Cambridge—something he says can be avoided by wooing businesses that can contribute significantly to the city’s budget...
Stephen Colbert’s short-lived presidential campaign has hit a major roadblock. Just weeks after the host of Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” announced that he would run in his home state of South Carolina—both as a Democrat and as a Republican—an executive committee has denied his bid to get on the ballot...