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...program is embarrassingly under-funded and under-staffed for the amount of resources and attention required to properly introduce students to English—and sometimes even the basic concept of academics. Bilingual education in America’s schools should be abolished, and whatever funds currently finance the intensely-fl awed system should go toward funding after-school language programs that would supplement the classroom curriculum...
...STRONG FUNDAMENTALS As investors look ahead to a recovery, they will favor stocks of familiar companies with solid balance sheets that do well on the rebound. Often such stocks also carry the highest dividend yields. Look at banks (AmSouth, U.S. Bancorp), basic materials (Dow Chemical, Lubrizol), energy (Consol Energy), manufacturers (Dana, Ford), real estate investment trusts (AMB Property, Federal REIT), utilities (Con Edison), and food and tobacco (UST, Philip Morris...
...truth, however, is that Summers was overly optimistic. Not only do many Harvard students lack the necessary literacy in the natural sciences, students can and do graduate from the College without encountering either Shakespeare or Kant—and without a basic understanding of or exposure to many of the world’s great intellectual achievements. If Summers wishes to leave an academic mark upon the College, he should work with the Faculty to reform undergraduate education on a fundamental level, combining the abolition of the current Core Curriculum and stronger instruction in science with a new requirement that...
...post-Core world, this means that the distribution requirement in the sciences must make available courses intended for non-science concentrators. Chemistry 10: “Foundations of Chemistry” may be helpful for students continuing in the sciences (and certainly would qualify for distribution credit), but basic chemistry does not produce scientifically literate citizens. Instead, non-science concentrators should have access to small, strong courses that will help them understand the context of future breaking research...
...There have been, over the decades, three basic kinds of New York City songs. The first sort are portraits of the city itself, songs that seek to capture the attitude and atmosphere of the place. This first kind goes back a long way. In 1892, the musical "A Trip to Chinatown" featured the song "The Bowery"; its lyrics read "I was out to enjoy the sights/ There was the Bowery ablaze with lights/ I had one of the devil?s own nights/ I?ll never go there anymore." Although written more than 100 years ago, the lyrics seem as tough...