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...delicate handicrafts are not her only specialty.An Earth and Planetary Sciences concentrator, Thompson is currently working on a thesis about the recent Mt. St. Helens eruption. Her thesis concerns “the method with which the seismologists and other scientists predict the eruption and…the way that information flows from them through the press and to the people...
...Kinsey debate to hammer home the idea of abstinence-only education. In responding to an American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) report on the dangers of abstinence-only education, the CWA said, “What could be more solidly scientific than telling a child that abstinence is the only method that is 100 percent effective in protecting from pregnancy and specific sexually transmitted diseases? Apparently the ACLU needs to hire stronger fact-checkers before cranking out inaccurate press releases.” Fact-checking lectures from the people who compared Kinsey to a Nazi? I don’t think...
...course, there will always be some element of bias in a course, because a professor’s very method of teaching, his approach to the material is informed by his political sensibilities. Each professor’s fundamental assumptions about government, values and morality will in some way necessarily be built into any course they teach...
These urban rebellions set the stage for the new method of social control—the mass incarceration society. The new law and order regime of Nixon and Reagan sought to incite racial fears exacerbated by these rebellions and associate blacks with crime. Winning elections by being tough on Negroes—or “crime”—became such good politics that even Bill Clinton, friend of colored folks, made it Democratic strategy in his 1992 victory. This new resolution to the “problem” of poor blacks has been effective...
Without knowing how a professor actually engages with his or her students, inside and outside of the classroom, the University cannot make the best tenure decisions. While student letters have yet to be proven the most effective method for evaluating teaching skills, it is an idea to consider. Watching Princeton’s experience with student letters will help Harvard gauge the program’s value, and we expect Harvard’s administration to keep its eyes peeled...