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This is the latest scene in a long saga. In the late 19th century, the U.S. government told the Latter-Day Saints that the price of admission to a rich American future was the renunciation of polygamy. The official church and the vast majority of Mormons were happy to come along, but not these few. All these years later, words fail. Modernity comes speaking the language of women's rights, of the dignity and self-determination of children, of limits on the authority of fathers--and even on the authority of prophets. For people who have chosen...
...work hard, play hard” can now do both at the same time. The test prep giant Kaplan has recently announced it is teaming up with Aspyr Media to create a video game that will help prepare students for the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). This is the latest in their campaign to “adapt [their] offerings to students lifestyle needs,” which currently involves books and graphic novels. Kristen Campbell, national director of College Prep Programs, Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions, says, “We recognize that not all students learn in the same...
...Head Pub opened last spring, it included an unmarked tap among the more recognizable beer names. Patrons had to know to ask for the honey lager, which had been brewed by several enterprising undergraduates with a keen interest in beer.This limited edition beer was only the latest step by Philip “Beamer” R. Eisele ’08, one of the keg’s two undergraduate brewers, on his path to opening his own brewery.Eisele’s life, both in and out of the classroom, has revolved around his interest in beer...
...religious zealot Cotton Mather—who left Harvard in the early 1700s “after decrying its godlessness”—would smile, however, had he known of President Faust’s latest crusade...
...world, these words encapsulate an era in which our government has deceptively deprived individuals of civil liberties and basic human rights in the name of national security. Already, with nine months remaining in his tenure in office, President George W. Bush cannot flee from the scene quickly enough: The latest ABC News/Washington Post national poll showed 64 percent of Americans expressing disapproval of Bush’s performance as president...