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Is it Okay to Tell Women to Dress Respectably?0
- Culture
- December 12, 2016
There’s a popular internet meme that says, “In a world full of Kardashians be a Grace,” referencing the classic style tastes of the late actress Grace Kelly. Queen’s University Belfast, a prestigious college in Ireland, recently made the same recommendation to its students in an article on what to wear for their graduation ceremony. Those
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How Politics Is Like a Nigerian Email Scam 0
- Culture
- December 12, 2016
Comes this e-mail to me today from one Mr. Bintou Ojabo, with the subject line reading “I need your full trust”: DEAR ONE, PLEASE PERMIT ME TO INTRODUCE MY SELF TO YOU, MY NAME IS BINTOU OJABO, I AM 19 YEARS OLD, I AM THE ONLY CHILD OF LATE MR.DAVID OJABO WHO WAS A FAMOUS
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English Prof: 3 Reasons College Students Can’t Write 1
- Education
- December 9, 2016
In recent months I’ve noticed a muted, but recurring, message emanating out of college English departments. That message comes from a few bold English professors who insist that today’s college students “can’t write a clear sentence to save their lives.” The latest to sound this alarm bell is Rick Diguette, an English professor at Georgia
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Einstein on the Key to Learning Anything 0
- Education
- December 9, 2016
Albert Einstein was a much better student than conventional wisdom would have you believe. The popular myth that Einstein was a poor student belies the truth: he was a math prodigy before the age of 12. Records reveal that young Albert was “remarkably gifted” in algebra and physics, scored high marks in Greek and Latin,
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The Evolution of King Arthur 3
- Education
- December 9, 2016
The early trailers for Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017) were released last (northern) summer, which means my favourite season in life as a medievalist academic is coming: the season of The Truth About King Arthur. It doesn’t matter if the movie itself is good or bad: the question I will be
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Why Don’t More People Teach Manners?0
- Culture
- December 9, 2016
As I was walking out the door of a CVS last week, a woman walked right into a man standing in place and kept going without a word. The man was visibly perturbed, and finally after a few seconds asked with exasperation, “Could you please just say ‘I’m sorry?’” He sounded desperate, as if in
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