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...BEEN SHATTERED ON THE FLOOR In a rare presidential press conference, George W. Bush highlights his Administration's newest spin on the war in Iraq, which is: It could be worse. This is also the Democrats' position on Social Security, but with more terrorists being created and less confusing math...
...math is simple: when so many more kids are applying, a smaller percentage get in, which yields the annual headlines about COLLEGE ADMISSIONS INSANITY. Princeton turned down 4 of every 5 of the valedictorians who applied last year, and Dartmouth could have filled its freshman class with students with a perfect score in at least one SAT subject and had some to spare. But in the meantime, partly as a result, partly in response to all kinds of social and economic trends, the rest of the college universe has shifted as well. The parents may be the last ones...
...father made more money from poker than from working on the road crew,” said Gale Mosteller. “A clear incentive to learn the odds and play well.”In college Mosteller became even more interested in probability when he met a math professor, Edwin G. Olds, at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), where he earned his bachelor’s and master’s in mathematics. Mosteller later went on to receive his doctorate in mathematics from Princeton University.During his sophomore year at CMU, Mosteller encountered a question in one of his classes...
...said. Instead, Corker hopes Loker will become “a convenient social space” that will bring students together from all parts of the campus to hang out rather than do problem sets. Groups that previously met in Loker will move to new locations next year. The math question center that used to meet there during the week will operate from the forthcoming cafe in Lamont library, and student groups that held meetings in Loker’s coffeehouse area will instead be able to meet in renovated student group space in Hilles this fall, according to Corker...
...ourselves. As they get older, we have the share them more, both with their friends and with their need for solitude. They prize these brief but recurring alliances with their Summer Friends. They've never see each other in school clothes, don't know who threw up in math class, don't know who sits where in the cafeteria...