Without certain laws dictating how a business may behave, there is nothing stopping a business owner from engaging in discriminatory practices. We know from the Civil Rights Era that this is not merely theoretical, and that extensive government action was required to curb businesses’ discriminatory practices.
Without examining the foundational basis for the fields in which we explore the humanities, we are not taking full advantage of our humanities educations. In order to do so, we have to familiarize philosophical and ideological foundations of history, anthropology, area studies and the other fields which comprise the humanities.
If we are going to have policing, I am a fan of consistency. I am a fan of logic. I am a fan of equity.
By allowing students to file the form as early as Oct. 1, the Obama administration is making it easier for students to meet universities’ deadlines and for universities to provide information to prospective students.
I do not think it is an exaggeration to say 9/11 has been the defining moment of America in the 21st century. But people need to keep in mind that 9/11 is still defining America, and much of the world, to this day.
A generation later, students have again taken to yelling out at the same moment in the song, with most directing a profane slur toward another in-state school.
While oversensitivity and hyper-PC culture are definitely problems in many colleges, the Managing Board’s stance on the Natty Beau advertisement makes sense in the context of the University's reputation as a party school and the ongoing efforts to change this perception.
This transformation is the consequence of our educational system’s design. It is designed in such a way that our scores determine our academic future. This, of course, has made many students value their grades, or their academic future, more than what they actually learn. In this design, students are willing to cheat, lie and steal other people’s work in order to avoid failing and thus, potentially ruining their academic future.
To tell a full story, reporters may have to publish ugly truths about people they know. College journalists must be doggedly committed to running hard stories; they must have faith that publishing those stories can build and strengthen a community, that there is an inherent good in the dissemination of facts and untiring investigation of the pat stories a school likes to tell itself.
Trendy course offerings fit exactly into the mold of "creatively"-taught courses that were proven so effective in the study: professors apply their passion for a specific subject (e.g., cinema, fantasy literature, politics) into an imaginative classroom setting that fosters student engagement.
If law enforcement has a more prominent role in universities’ cases, survivors may be hesitant to pursue charges, either due to their own trauma or because they don’t wish to launch a criminal investigation or harsher sanction than a school would provide. Of course, someone who has committed a rape deserves a criminal prosecution — but if a survivor won’t come forward for fear of criminal prosecution, with this bill, her rapist will get no prosecution at all, since the school can’t pursue its own adjudicative process.
In 2006, the value of the zinc and copper in a U.S. penny exceeded the coin’s own one cent face value. The gap has only grown worse since then and as of 2013, the U.S. mint now spends 1.8 cents for every penny minted.
Before I step on too many toes, let me clarify that I am in no way condemning sustainable lifestyles — only advocacy. Choosing to live simply, own a small home, buy local and/or used, go veggie or bike to work is enormous.
Affirmative consent fails to recognize that, while violent assault crimes are an ever-pressing issue, humans are still able to make mistakes concerning sex that (although they may regret them later) were not necessarily forced.
Creating an undergraduate school of law would make the decision to attain a law degree less financially risky. The average debt held by law school graduates is exorbitant, as law students graduate, on average, owing between $84,000 and $122,000 in loans, depending on the law school.
While the University has made large steps in increasing awareness about sexual assault, it has not made similar strides in the arena of suicide prevention. In some ways, this makes sense; the number of people who will suffer a sexual assault dwarfs those who will take their own lives.
Ultimately, “hyperachievement” is counterproductive, exhausting, unfulfilling and certainly no cure for anxiety or depression.
Yet beyond my belief that the language requirement is unfair to students because of its relatively high opportunity cost, the requirement is also unfair to Spanish professors. The College mandate ensures that every classroom from the 1010 to the 2020 level is filled with a high percentage of students devoid of any desire to be there.
Politicians, especially those who have access to perks like state-owned planes, often walk a difficult line between private and public use of their state-given resources.
As we aim to address climate change in the coming years, we must more seriously consider Native American peoples to avoid the destruction of both their communities and their cultural heritage.
