President Barack Obama's parents, Ann Dunham and Barack Obama, Sr., married in Hawaii in 1961. Their marriage was atypical for the times, as Dunham was white and Obama was black.
The war on Terror has been the justification for a litany of government abuses and invasions of privacy.
The University ended its binding early decision admissions program September 2006 following national controversy that early admissions programs favor economically advantaged students.
"I have been involved in recent months with a national task force on low-income students, and there is little doubt that early admission programs put low-income students at a significant disadvantage in the process.
The University announced Tuesday that it is making one small effort to reduce the headaches associated with the notoriously frustrating financial aid process.
For anyone at the University, it is hard not to notice the vibrant collection of student-led activist groups working to advance progressive causes.
Early last year Glenn Beck stated that people do not realize "how much money we're printing at the Federal Reserve." Huh?
Sometimes it is about race. The topic is impossible to cover in a column that is less than half a page, so some legitimate points will be omitted due to length restrictions.
After eliminating early decision from the undergraduate admissions process in 2006, President Teresa A.
The kind of movies they show on airplanes are sentimental bits: microwavable pop-corn, ready made with explosions at the push of a button.
As Jon Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear dominated the news and South Park debuted a ridiculed retrospective reporter, Captain Hindsight, a steady focus on the media's ability to control narratives and impact public opinion emerged.
Out of all the sensational and frightening campaign ads released during the 2010 election cycle, one distinguished itself from the rest by being especially crazy.
The livelihoods of researchers in higher education institutions oftentimes depend on grants. It is not unusual for professors to spend a considerable amount of time applying for these grants to further their research.
"One nation, under God." These are words we have all grown up saying. We recited them every day for 12 years in grade school and we often recite them before meetings.
A prominent group pushing for a living wage at the University, dubbed "Workers and Students United," has renewed its calls for the University to adopt an inflation-indexed wage of $11.44 for both its contracted and direct employees.
The Grounds of the University are usually a peaceful place where the molding of young minds can occur amidst a pastoral tranquility often unseen in ordinary society.
Students may gripe about high tuition costs, but soaring textbook prices are also a source of much anxiety.
