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Actual First Sentence on a Note Left by Our Plumber
"1st, do not be alarmed by the burning smell in your kitchen." Oh, goody.
What's in a name?
For some time now, I've been uncomfortable with the term "global warming". Not that it's in any way inaccurate, just...
Rankings Are Useful -- But Go Beyond 'U.S. News'
Many in the academic community despise college rankings and the implicit associated “grading” of universities. This is terribly ironic since...
RateMyRankings: Ridiculous!
Forbes portrays its new college rankings as an outcomes-oriented alternative to U.S. News. But the outcomes it chooses -- including Ratemyprofessors.com -- make it seem like a parody, Patricia McGuire writes.
Substitute Teaching for the 21st Century
Crazy Larry, always hungry for acting roles, sent me an ad he found on Craig’s List: People meet me (an...
Ask the Administrator: A Grad's Gotta Eat!
A new correspondent writes: I'm a graduate student (of the Master's variety) at a private university in {Very Big City...
Back to School with Monarch Butterflies
There is always an ebb and flow of parenthood, but at this time of year, as the kids all start...
Preaching less than we practice
A recent article by Bryan Walsh in Time Magazine reports the National Wildlife Federation's conclusion that, while campus operations have...