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...neighborhood of La Jolla, Calif., is fooled. The driver is no grouch. He is Theodor Geisel, better known by his flowing pseudonymous signature Dr. Seuss. He celebrated turning 80 last week by turning out his 42nd children's story, The Butter Battle Book (Random House; 48 pages; $6.95). An arms-race "preachment," as he calls it, the tale features no grinches, just a confrontational competition between average, everyday Yooks and Zooks who are suspicious of each other because the former prefer eating bread with the butter facing up while the latter like their butter facing down. The Yooks...
...conclusions of the report may be unfounded. College officials have criticized the methodology involved, saying that the authors did a "very sloppy academic job" in evaluating the results. Quite possibly much of the difference in academic performance between Houses could be accounted for by the standard deviation of any random population. The evidence upon which the authors base their conclusions may be faulty...
...does not significantly change perceptions of the Houses' characters, but only reinforces what may be unjustified stereotypes. The results will spark further discussion and investigation as to the lack of diversity within some Houses, but the only way to ensure that such variety actually materializes is to institute a random lottery. Whether or not this is the most expeditious path to homogeneity is not the issue at this time. What is important is that the College administration not view this most recent report in a vacuum, but also consider the factors that limit its relevance...
Even in the aftermath of his dramatic Manchester confession, Jackson has demonstrated that his "hymie" reference was not just a random off-color remark, but evidence of a deep lack of understanding about the politics of the "Rainbow Coalition." The Jews never went to the gas chambers silently; throughout history the Jews, a persecuted minority since the days of Moses, have fought adversity and rose to prominence on their own terms. And like Blacks, Jews still face irrational hatred in America. But since last summer, when Jackson first started preaching about the Rainbow Coalition in earnest, he has excluded...
...mind-boggling event that all three teams--Harvard. Cornell and Princeton--split this weekend, a random drawing would give one school a bye, matching the other two in a semifinal game Tuesday followed by the title game Wednesday...