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Back in the late 19th century, when Rutherford Hayes and Benjamin Harrison each won the electoral vote and the White House, despite having lost the popular vote, few voters got excited. States were more important then than now, and Presidents were less important. Those were laissez-faire years, when government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Electoral College Debate: Election 2000: ...And Its Musty Old Quirks | 11/20/2000 | See Source »

Or I could talk about their silly vocabulary--"residential colleges," "teaching assistants," "majors"--but Harvard Assistant Professor of Linguistics Bert Vaux might take away my A- in Linguistics 80 for lambasting a group of people because they speak differently. Nontraditional dialects do not necessarily indicate ignorance.

Author: By William P. Bohlen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Goin' Bohlen: Grabbing for That Same Slice of Pie | 11/17/2000 | See Source »

Bush would expand funding from $2.4 million to $30 million for the Troops to Teachers program, which places veterans who want to teach in public schools. The program makes use of people like Arthur Moore, who retired in 1994 after 21 years in the Army and knew he wanted to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Lure Teachers? | 11/6/2000 | See Source »

Sorry Oli. You got what you wanted. Welcome to the Majors.

Author: By Timothy Jackson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Men's Hockey Set to Soar in 2000-01 | 11/3/2000 | See Source »

Bush would expand funding from $2.4 million to $30 million for the Troops to Teachers program, which places veterans who want to teach in public schools. The program makes use of people like Arthur Moore, who retired in 1994 after 21 years in the Army and knew he wanted to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Lure Teachers? | 10/29/2000 | See Source »

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