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...everyone going crazy? Is it something in the water, the crushing weight of soulless international imperialistic consumer capitalism, or perhaps those accursed trans-fats? Christiopher Lane, the author of “Shyness: How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness” has a different suggestion. Lane argues that psychiatrists have been systematically narrowing the acceptable range of human behavior by increasing the number of diseases afflicting the human mind. To illustrate his point, Lane explores the expansion of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)—the handbook listing the types of mental disorders and their...
...just as much “students” as their pupils and are in the classroom to learn as well. For one, students have not had broad exposure over many semesters to the methods and types of instruction that professors variously employ. They furthermore place too much weight on short-term priorities—scant homework and easy grades—than more far-sighted goals, such as mastery of the subject matter. Students’ short, four-year time horizon clouds their vistas and consequently biases any potentially helpful advice they might proffer.Of course, the process of education...
...meter hurdles. Christensen’s 1.77 meter leap in the high jump placed her first in the event, with Emde taking second with her season-best jump of 1.67 meters. Senior co-captain Molly Boyle threw a personal best 16.25 meter distance to win the weight throw event and classmate Clara Blattler captured the win in the pole vault, clearing 3.75 meters. Junior Aishlinn O’Callaghan’s 2:12.40 time in the 800 meter was her personal best and qualified her for the ECAC Championships. The men’s side did not fare...
...that face internal independence movements of their own, or are longstanding allies of Serbia - or both: Cyprus, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria and Slovakia have rejected Kosovo's independence. It's not hard to find motivation for their stance: The Republic of Cyprus, for example, fears that Kosovo independence will give weight to Turkish Cypriot claims for dividing up the island into two separate nation states. The Foreign Minister of Slovakia, which fears unrest from its large Hungarian minority, said it "does not see a way" to recognize a Kosovar nation state...
...those who support Kosovo's claims for independence, it is largely a question of giving greater weight to the "on-the-ground" reality over the claims of Serbia to Kosovo as a cradle of their national identity. To opponents, however, the question is one of international law, national sovereignty and precedent. China, for example, reacted much like the Spanish and Slovaks, worried that Taiwan could be spurred to declare independence. Russia is invested on the Serbian side both for strategic and fraternal reasons. Wary of national claims in the Caucasus and elsewhere, Russian President Putin has loudly defended Serbia, which...