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...offensive, lowbrow humor while delivering a “patriotic” message. It’s also interesting to note that the company “American” enough to produce “An American Carol” is called Mpower. The company’s mission statement is “To engage, inspire, and empower a global audience through film and television content that promotes truth.” Mpower’s CEO, Steve McEveety, has produced films like “The Passion of the Christ,” “Braveheart...
Henriques also implicated her own profession in the crisis, saying, “The media in general has been less effective in its educational mission...
...think on the Hill there’s a much better understanding about how endowments are about institutional resources dedicated to our research and educational mission,” she said. “They’re not just pots of money that sit around...
...seriousness, what’s so funny about France’s request to recognize its cuisine as a world treasure? Why does the idea of an organization whose mission is to convince UNESCO that French cuisine deserves a title seem borderline preposterous? Why did last week’s French Mission for Food Heritage and Cultures’ strategizing session seem to lack any grip on reality? Elaine Sciolino, a New York Times reporter covering the event, wrote, “By the time the roasted figs, the wine-macerated prunes, the chocolate mousse and the Earl Grey sorbet...
...Yale. The change no doubt comes as a relief for incoming 1Ls daunted by the prospect of competition with some of the brightest—and most cutthroat—students in the nation. But beyond merely assuaging freshman fears, the switch to pass/fail promotes the pedagogy and overall mission of the Law School as well. In any academic setting, letter grades have the power to create perverse incentives. Students are discouraged from academic exploration for fear of sullying their pristine GPAs and are pressured to tailor their comments and papers to satisfy the whims of their evaluators more...