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...tests that are general enough to apply to all students’ college experiences while at the same time not so elementary as to be pointless.And none of this, of course, recognizes the fact that much of the value associated with the college experience falls outside of the academic realm. Thus, even if a standardized test could be administered to gauge students’ academic progress, it would still not accurately reflect the added value of the college experience. This risks the potential misinformation of prospective students, their parents, their future employers, and anyone else interested in appraising an institution...
Every culture has its coming-of-age rituals. A child is inducted into the adult realm through a transformative experience, whether it's becoming more steeped in religion or killing a deer or having a vision. It's true that I would be happy to send any of the children of My Super Sweet 16 into the desert by themselves for a while. Their blingy flings are not celebrations of accomplishment; they're celebrations of self. What used to mark the end of childhood now seems only an excuse to prolong the whiny, self-centered greediness that gives infantile...
...large Philip has learned that the restraints royalty must put on itself have solider reasons than he had once supposed. His frank impatience with out moded customs is now largely confined to attempts at jolting his wife's realm out of its lethargy. "There is a school of thought," Prince Philip said in an official speech as Elizabeth's husband, "which says, 'What was good enough for my fa ther is good enough for me.' I have no quarrel with this sentiment at all, so long as it is not used as an excuse for stagnation...
...Lunch for Gromyko. Like many another working couple in their realm, Elizabeth and Philip begin their day by listening to the 8 o'clock BBC newscast. Half an hour later, they discuss it over a breakfast of tea, toast and kippers,'and soon they are lost in a cloud of newspapers. Elizabeth pores through three papers each morning, not overlooking the sports pages, and like most women, she shudders slightly when she sees her own picture. Newspictures have seldom done her justice...
...crew programs.But enough about success. The trophies and photos enshrined in both Newell and Weld are testament enough to that.Rowing, both on the collegiate and the Olympic level, maintains the winner-take-all element so unique to college sports and so neglected in most of the professional realm. There’s no drawn-out series to watch, no seven-week playoff colossus that dulls the NBA until the Finals. There’s one start, one six-minute race to see who can outlast lactic acid buildup longer, and one hurried chance to get everything perfect. There...