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Fudging the numbers

And this lack of distinction negatively affects the high achievers just as much, because they would struggle to prove their excellence to employers or graduate schools in comparison to their peers.


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HARRINGTON: Multiple-choice is the right choice

The multiple-choice exam focuses on ensuring student understanding of the material is especially appropriate for the settings in which these tests are often administered: introductory courses in which gaps in understanding can cause difficulty in higher level courses.


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HORNE: An honest history

It is our responsibility to acknowledge and pay our respects to not only the founder of the University, but also to each and every person that contributed to who we are today.


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CASTRO: Leveraging your leadership

All of our nation’s students must know from childhood that they can and should be proud of their backgrounds, no matter what color their skin is or what income bracket their parents fall into.


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High-flying flags

It may be controversial, but displaying a Confederate flag is an act of expression which a college or university does not have the power to limit, just as it would not have the power to limit the expression of controversial political views which could potentially offend certain students.


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EDEL: Naughty Netflix

Every subtlety of the show was ground down by the rapidity with which I consumed it, and I didn’t have the time to associate memories with the show.


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Take a knee

Sanctions against schools who compromise the health of their athletes would provide stronger incentives to abide by the “best practices” that already exist.


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Last year’s rent

Not paying rent cannot necessarily be categorized as theft without consideration of all the circumstances of the relationship between the landlord and the tenant.


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PATEL: The importance of COLA

COLA classes also provide the opportunity for weekly, direct communication with academic advisors because the professor in charge of the COLA is also the academic advisor for everyone in that class.


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Without a home

If having permanent housing will improve health, the homeless who are given apartments would be more likely to get back to work, and will eventually not need their rents subsidized.


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CONNOLLY: Missing the mark

To suggest that intolerance of hate speech is socially liberal (and thereby, is hate speech itself a product of social conservatism?) is an unfair classification.


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BERNSTEIN: Give peace a chance

This change has also already increased tensions in other Asian countries, including China and South Korea, both of which fear Japanese aggression and argue Japan risks creating hostility with this new policy.


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