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...school's success is owed in large part to its competency-based approach. Instead of requiring that students take specific courses or amass a certain number of credit hours--as most colleges do--WGU asks only that students demonstrate mastery of the subject matter via online exams or papers that could take a day or a decade, depending on the student...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Go Western, Young Man | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...patriotism and perhaps pity by men who, knowing what the job entails, are uniquely positioned to help. Obama will take office with at least this advantage: he will have four predecessors with very different skill sets to call on. It's by no means certain who would be the most useful, since the history of these ex-Presidents is full of plot twists. There's Jimmy Carter, the acclaimed humanitarian who has seemed at times to delight in tormenting his successors; Bill Clinton, who has shown he can be a mighty ally or a massive headache; and two men named...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Presidents Pass the Torch | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...ensnared a whole new audience in its pernicious spell. But it seems that “Gossip Girl” (or, at least, “Gossip Girl” copycatting) has decided to re-infect the literary world. A number of recent novel covers seem to evoke a certain aura of Upper East Side teen girl-dom, almost as if to say, “Spotted: a novel you might enjoy!” WHAT I SAW AND HOW I LIED by Judy Blundell A delicate, raven-haired young woman applies lipstick as she peers fearfully into the darkness...

Author: By Evan T. R. Rosenman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: By Its Cover: Judy Blundell, T.C. Boyle, David Ebershoff | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

Beck defined a “cosmopolitan moment” as a moment when certain risks are so extreme that the “state of normalcy and the state of emergency overlap” and the time is ripe for transnational collaboration...

Author: By Natasha S. Whitney, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: German Sociology Professor Discusses Global Warming | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...dismantles and hacks up with an axe. / Mirrors without reflections. / There are actors. Entrances, exits. / Curtain calls and cats.” In Étienne’s world, real life blends seamlessly with the stage; there’s no differentiation between art and life.Despite losing certain nuances in translation (the French title of the first section, “La mer l’amour,” is a lot less clunky than “Ocean/Emotion”), Étienne’s complex world is still effectively communicated. (Thankfully, the French text...

Author: By Samuel E. Chalsen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Horsemen' Is a Crazed Ride | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

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