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...vying for their attention, and an iPhone full of distractions competing for what’s left of it. But though it may be contrary to all these acquired instincts, we have much to gain by learning to live in the here-and-now—to stay totally present in the present. What’s more, people miss the most critical moment of lecture when they run out early: the end. A good professor always has a specific point to make. The best ones spend their final five minutes connecting the dots, and in so doing, explain...
...Harris said that while progress in creating courses may seem sluggish at present, he hopes that two to three classes per category will be available for students this fall...
Sororities claim to offer the kind of sisterhood present only nominally in other all-female campus groups. Rushing a sorority is a completely open process: there’s no comp, girls from every year are welcome to start the process without officially applying, or needing an exclusive invite, as for a female final club. By attending events, PNMs are ostensibly eligible for consideration by any of the three sororities involved in the Panhellenic counsel and get to express their preferences late in the rush process. Sorority girls often cite this process of mutual selection as part of what makes...
...USDA inspectors were also present at Hallmark/Westland, and the cruelty occurred on their watch. The Hallmark/Westland plant had already been cited on several occasions in 2005 for humane handling violations—the same year that the Westland Meat Company was awarded the “Supplier of the Year Award” for the national school lunch program...
...1980s and 1990s; it lacks the broad vein of white, affluent liberals that have helped lift Obama to victories in Connecticut or Maryland; in Ohio, affluent whites tend to be Republican. In 2006, the state elected its first Democratic governor, Ted Strickland, in a generation. Most polls, at the present time, show Clinton 10 to 20 points ahead in Ohio, and Clinton was in Youngstown Tuesday night to try and widen that gap. "The best words in the world are not enough," she said, "if you don't match them with action...