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...critics should be prepared to defend their opinions, says Boll. "If you read the BloodRayne reviews, it is completely ridiculous: 75% of the review is about me as a person and nothing about BloodRayne," he says. "I?m not expecting good reviews, but still, in any review there should be at least a few lines of the technical work of the movie -- who?s in it, whatever. They can write that they don?t like the movies, but this didn?t happen. And this was so annoying that I said at some point, ?Look I want to fight these guys...
...school is going forward with its physical expansion, planning a 250,000 square-foot building just north of Pound Hall. The new building, to be ready in three to four years, would contain a student center, classrooms, and space for clinical programs. Kagan also spoke about her efforts to review the curriculum, particularly the first-year program. Noting that nearly all law schools have had virtually the same first-year curriculum for the past 100 years—designed by Christopher C. Langdell, Class of 1850, who was Law School dean in the 1870s—Kagan said among that...
...acknowledge at Harvard, where “legacies,” the children of alumni, enjoy preferential treatment in the admissions process. Harvard accepts one-third of legacy applicants—more than three times its overall admissions rate. The federal Office for Civil Rights, in a 1990 review of Harvard’s admissions practices, found that legacy preferences allowed applicants with “weaker credentials” to gain acceptance to Harvard. Tell any Harvard student that you’re a beneficiary of legacy admissions and he’ll assume that you?...
...then Harvard must do more than simply eliminate early action. Right now, even greater barriers to equity in the admissions process include alumni favor, athletic recruiting, and the extra resources of the rich.Alumni status is one of the touchiest subjects in the admissions process, but if we are to review the entire process, no subject can remain taboo. Alumni status benefits many students who would otherwise be undeserving of admittance even though there is no reason to believe that a child of an alumnus is better than another student. Whatever fundraising advantages alumni admissions gives the College, these benefits...
...Earlier this week, the American Bar Association wrote to members of Congress protesting provisions of the House proposal, notably Section 5, which "strips judicial review of existing habeas corpus claims for detainees in U.S. custody...