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(10/18/12 1:55am)
The University has recently been abuzz about a number of different rankings that have come out: first, the much-discussed No. 1 spot we snagged on Playboy’s list of the best “Party Schools” in the US; and, more recently, the Darden School’s No. 3 spot in the much more reputable rankings of the world’s best graduate business schools by The Economist.
(10/11/12 4:22am)
As a scrawny, bespectacled high school sophomore touring the University’s Grounds for the first time, I was duly impressed. The domed majesty of the Rotunda acted on my imagination: Jefferson’s vision of the Academical Village, the oasis of scholarly pursuits, seemed embodied in his life’s proudest achievement. My tour guide emphasized this quality, saying with exaggerated peppiness, “I mean could you go to school in a more beautiful place?”
(10/04/12 4:20am)
The importance of learning Spanish has long been apparent to most U.S. policy-makers. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of Spanish speakers within our borders has skyrocketed to 37 million, about double that of 1990. Our public education system has responded in kind; more and more public schools are offering AP Spanish courses, and 122,925 high school students took the AP Spanish Language exam in 2011, almost 20 percent more than four years ago. Sadly, in this furor — caused in large part by our extroverted neighbor to the south — many other tongues have taken a back seat. French is among those languages-in-crisis.
(09/27/12 3:19am)
In the current political climate, candidates are assailing potential voters with all sorts of claims about their opponents, ranging from the absurd — questioning birth credentials — to the fundamental — government budget deficits. Behind some of these claims are kernels of truth or legitimate disagreement; behind others, however, is political nonsense. We are subjected to flimsy argumentation that serves only to lower the level of discourse and blind voters to the most important issues.