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Whoa. Are Law Schools Testing the Apprenticeship Model?0
- Education
- May 23, 2016
With the rising cost of college and the decline of skilled workers, the idea of apprenticeship has been catching on as a worthy higher education alternative. After all, who wouldn’t want the opportunity to earn money while learning, gain hands-on experience, and get a foot in the job field of their choice? The idea of
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We Warned the Japanese…0
- Culture
- May 23, 2016
One of my high school history classes was taught by a coach. I’ll never forget it. While a coach is certainly capable of teaching history, for him it seemed that his only desire was to get through the drudgery so he could get back to coaching his team. Like a lot of teenage boys, at
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The Push to Give Elsa a Girlfriend 0
- Culture
- May 23, 2016
From its launch in late 2013, the Disney box office sensation Frozen has been widely read as an allegory of LGBT experience. Heroine Elsa is a princess like no other. The special power that has to be hidden is her suppressed lesbian nature and its potential to provoke a social revolution. Her passionate song, “Let It
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Study of National Differences requires Tough-Mindedness 0
- Culture
- May 23, 2016
Ruth Benedict was a cultural anthropologist enlisted during World War II to help American leadership better understand the cultural attitudes and thinking of the Japanese. In 1946 she published her findings and views on the topic in The Chrysanthemum and the Sword. While much of the book covers the Japanese, it also provides many nuggets
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Report: GMO Food is Safe to Eat, But…0
- Culture
- May 23, 2016
According to a newly-released report from the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), crops grown as genetically modified organisms are safe to eat. Since NAS is probably America’s most prestigious scientific society, that could help tamp down some of the hysteria about the issue. I say ‘could’ because, according to an NPR story discussing the report’s release,
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Is Harvard’s New ‘Center of Happiness’ Quixotic?0
- Culture
- May 23, 2016
The Harvard Gazette reported last month that it’s school of public health will create a new center to study happiness. The center, created with a $21 million gift, will research how negative social circumstances—poverty, insecurity, poor social relationships, etc.—can impact happiness, as well as the following areas: Identifying and developing a measurement instrument—a positive
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How Pagan Writings Convinced a Famous Atheist to Convert to Christianity 0
- Culture
- May 23, 2016
Late last week, the New York Times reported on a new academic chair at the University of Miami. The chair will foster “the study of atheism, humanism and secular ethics,” and is thought to be the first of its kind in the nation. According to the Times, the establishment of such a chair reflects the
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Are Black, out-of-wedlock birthrates helping drive the violence in Chicago?0
- Culture
- May 23, 2016
The rising crime in Chicago continues to shock the nation. So far this year, over 1,100 people have been shot and nearly 250 murdered. Sadly, the trend looks like it will put Chicago on a pace for new records, though not the kind a city would want. According to HeyJackass.com, a website “illustrating Chicago values”
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5 Telltale Signs That You’re a Sapiosexual 0
- Culture
- May 23, 2016
Is there anything more complex and multifaceted than human attraction? My best friend and myself have discussed in the past how different we are when it comes to the women that we find attractive. While we can usually agree on people who are conventionally beautiful, our personal tastes seem to be on entirely opposite ends of the
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