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...skeptics’ rationale speaks to conflicting realities of life in the 02138. This campus purports to contain some of the most intellectually curious students in the world. However, many spend countless hours attempting to escape from schoolwork—whether by roaming Lamont aimlessly, Facebook-stalking potential love interests, or downing scorpion bowls at the Kong. When, five hours before the deadline, it’s impossible to avoid that paper any longer, the finished product often turns out less than inspired. What happened to the hunger for learning that so many of us claimed to possess in college...
...whether students remember it or not, they’re all here by choice. And most do experience bursts of academic excitement in specific areas of interest. Ask a senior thesis writer to describe his topic, and once he stops ranting about how overwhelmed he’ll be until March, he might spend 45 minutes explaining the intricacies of animal-rights laws in Chile. That certainly qualifies as a hunger for learning...
During the case, jurors heard a simulated criminal trial in which they were asked to determine whether or not the deaths of a man and a woman were a double-suicide or double-homicide committed by a jilted lover. After an hour-long deliberation, jurors acquitted the defendant...
...gives principals and administrators a tool to say, Give us all the factors surrounding an incident," says Julie Harris-Lawrence, a deputy assistant commissioner. The new law allows principals to look at four mitigating factors: self-defense, intent or lack of intent, the disciplinary history of the student and whether the student has a disability that impairs judgment. "This is a huge tool for the administrators," Harris-Lawrence says. "In the past, there was almost no wiggle room. If a student accidentally brought a butter knife from Grandma's kitchen to cut her apple at school, it was treated...
Salazar v. Buono At issue: Whether the government can permit the display of a crucifix on public land as per the Establishment Clause...