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Many students deride these survey courses as "cocktail party courses," implying that their only purpose is to give a thumbnail, Cliff Notes version of the particular subject. The charge is valid. It is important to have more than a shallow understanding of important subjects--but you have to start somewhere...
Benefits, however, was an example of reactive instead of pro-active action. In order for the faculty to feel they are valid participants in administrative decisions, they must involve themselves before the fact by asking questions, looking over documents, talking to the dean and being a strong force in faculty-administration committees...
...medium is extremely liberating. It can provide a front from behind which users express their true desires without repercussions. "People who want to hide behind the computer screen can," notes "Hot Lips," a Lowell resident. Controversy rages over the issue of whether a virtual existence is more or less valid than a physically interpersonal one. In a sense, a net relationship allows more honesty than a conversation face-to-face. Things which are difficult to share in person can be expressed anonymously, without risk to one's reputation. Anonymity gives rise to the expression of desires that are not always...
...currently emphasizes deregulation, Wilson has traditionally upheld moderately active government. That too goes back to San Diego, where he halted runaway development and im- posed what became a widely imitated blueprint for "managed growth." "I have come to realize that my gut instincts as a young man were pretty valid, that there is a real role for government to do things for the public which they cannot do themselves," Wilson says. "However, I have grown increasingly skeptical of the kind of misfired good intentions that have led to huge increases in enrollment in entitlement programs...
Only later, when the results of an inquiry aretested (become bricks), does objectivity become akey part of valid science, says Herschbach. Thecarefully tested results of science result in "awhole network that hangs together amazingly well...