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  • Pagan Son

    Pagan Son0

    Late one afternoon in 1969, photographer Art Brewer took a stroll along O’ahu’s North Shore. At Pipeline beach, amid the world’s most sublime waves, Brewer encountered a boy who resembled a white-haired, blue-eyed Mowgli, clinging to an unusually short surfboard, 30 years before that design became the industry standard. “I’m Bunker Spreckels,” said the boy,

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  • Paddington Bear Creator Michael Bond Dies

    Paddington Bear Creator Michael Bond Dies0

    Michael Bond, the creator of the much-adored Paddington Bear, died on Tuesday, according to media reports. He was 91 years old.   Bond is famous for his books about a marmalade-loving bear who moves to London from Peru. Since Paddington’s creation in 1958, Bond had written more than 150 books about Paddington, had multiple children’s

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  • Oxford Univ. Tells Students to Stop Saying ‘He’ and ‘She’

    Oxford Univ. Tells Students to Stop Saying ‘He’ and ‘She’0

    Via the Daily Mail: Oxford University is encouraging students to use the gender-neutral pronoun ‘ze’ instead of ‘she and ‘he’. The students’ union wrote in a leaflet that the move was intended to reduce the risk of transgender students being offended.  Students hope that the use of ‘ze’ will continue into university lectures and seminars,

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  • Oxford Students Can’t Write Either

    Oxford Students Can’t Write Either0

    • June 22, 2015

    Writing ability has gone to pot in America. The latest statistics show that only 25% of students are proficient in writing. Most papers that college professors and high school teachers receive from students lack a clear thesis, correct paragraph structure, or proper grammar and punctuation. Employers frequently complain about the dearth of job applicants who can communicate through writing.

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  • Oxford Scholar: A Remedy for the Decline of Knowledge

    Oxford Scholar: A Remedy for the Decline of Knowledge0

    When I was 9, I somehow ended up in a grade school musical entitled Tracers of Lost Parts of Speech. The play used a mild mystery format peppered with songs to teach young children about nouns, adverbs, prepositions, and their many other blood relatives. While I enjoyed being in the play, my 4th grade friends

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  • Oxford Scholar: 5 Problems with Today’s Education System

    Oxford Scholar: 5 Problems with Today’s Education System0

    When it comes to the education system, have you ever had the sense that something was… well, a bit off? That is to say, everything seemed to be swimming along fine on the surface, but deep down you had a nagging feeling that something was wrong? If so, you’re in good company. Author Dorothy Sayers,

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