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...frustrating thing about this issue is how far removed from reality the UC frontrunners were during last week’s UC debates. The approach to increasing diversity has been pretty much the same. Offer money for information sessions; educate people about how to run a campaign; get more freshmen to run. These methods have been tried before, and will do absolutely nothing to remedy a problem that has already become a part of the institutional culture...
...proposal that is most dim-witted is the attempt to remedy the lack of representation of women and minorities by encouraging more freshmen to run. Freshman elections in the UC are by far the most competitive and it is always too early to remedy representative imbalances at this stage of the process—often just a month or two into freshman year.Furthermore, freshmen are the most likely to drop out the next year because they are vulnerable to alienation from the UC culture. To propose this as a solution for increasing the number of women is to have...
...grows ever more deluged with information of variable quality. Last year, in response to demand from colleges, the Educational Testing Service unveiled a new, computer-based exam designed to measure information-and-communication-technology literacy. A pilot study of the test with 6,200 high school seniors and college freshmen found that only half could correctly judge the objectivity of a website. "Kids tend to go to Google and cut and paste a research report together," says Terry Egan, who led the team that developed the new test. "We kind of assumed this generation was so comfortable with technology that...
...victory behind co-captain Sam Cross. The squad was riddled with injuries this past week and had to do without sophomore Kai Itameri-Kinter until Saturday, missing from Harvard action due to a national competition. The women’s foil continued to impress despite its young makeup. Freshmen Artemisha Goldfeder, Anna Podolsky, and Arielle Pensler put on a 9-0 performance, topping their 8-1 display on Thursday night and further validating their place in the college ranks. “They are extremely impressive compared with the first meet and they are progressively getting stronger...
Petersen’s effort to get out the vote, which included a grueling schedule of knocking on freshmen and sophomore doors, may also have been a factor...