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...repeating some of the most atrocious failures of the current Core Curriculum. Though numerous, these failures can be grouped into two main categories. First, thanks to their focus on “ways of knowing,” Core classes tend to focus on limited and somewhat obscure topics that are great for cocktail party banter but hardly form the basis of a truly general education. Second, the Core presents such a limited menu of classes that it is constraining, particularly for seniors who are at times forced to take poorly taught classes that do not interest them simply...
...announced topic of the conference was "The Shifting Power Equation," and for once - at least for me - it worked, coming unbidden to the mind during countless quick conversations. Whether it was the growing significance of the Asian economies as compared with the Atlantic ones, or the extent to which technology has distributed economic clout from producers to consumers - and in the media business, turned consumers into producers themselves - the idea of a power shift seemed neatly to sum up what was on people's minds. Some examples...
...recent op-eds have dealt with. In considering which op-eds to publish, the editorial board favors pieces which are original or take points of view that have not been previously articulated on the editorial page. For example, if we have recently published a staff editorial on a particular topic, we are more inclined to publish an op-ed arguing the opposite point of view. In addition to originality, we also look for a strong argument, timeliness, clarity of writing, and cleverness...
...particularly encourage op-ed submissions from individual writers who may have a particular connection to the topic they are writing about. Pieces from the leaders of organizations are also welcome. Nevertheless, we require that all op-eds be signed by individuals (up to three); we will not accept for publication articles that have been authored by an organization as a whole or pieces written under pseudonym. Op-eds are meant to examine a particular argument, not make a pitch for a particular upcoming event, so we reserve the right to edit references to upcoming events that a group is holding...
...space limitations, however, we are only able to print a limited number of the letters that we receive—usually between three and 10 letters each week. Therefore, we cannot possibly cover all opinions or even every newsworthy topic...