Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
The University of British Columbia apologizes for the fact that its online application is so old-fashioned it contemplates only two sexes: male and female. The college application process can be an eye-opening experience. Yesterday I blogged about the fact that the University of Oregon gives applicants two options when it
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The University of Oregon has two types of applicants: victims and oppressors — and the latter should identify themselves and their repentance immediately. The University of Oregon application requires that students respond to one of two essay questions. The first posits that the student is either a victim or an
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Weird year at the Bookworm Room and beyond. My year was bookended by the deaths of my mother and my mentor. Out in the bigger world, people are coping with the deaths of icons and, if they’re Progressives, the collapse of their fantasy political world. To me, there are really
Continue readingThe University of Oregon has created a new job title: sustainability coordinator. What’s that you ask? It’s this: The position exists to harmonize the efforts of various environmental groups on campus in much the same way the Multicultural Center director works with the university’s multicultural student unions. This is a
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