NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., March 10 (AP) — The Rutgers University Board of Governors approved a major reorganization on Friday, simplifying a complicated system of undergraduate colleges but preserving an all-female niche on the campus. We continue to work towards similar ends at Tulane.
Christian Brady
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From Tulane’s President, Dr. Scott Cowen: Good Morning: I’ve always felt, in light of what we’ve experienced over the last few months, that this year’s commencement will be a special one. Just how special was made plain this week when George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States, […]
Thanks to a very generous gift from my bros-in-law I now posses an AirPort Express! It set up quickly and easily and within 5 minutes I was on the internet and listening to music through my stereo in my family room. Getting the printer hooked up took a little longer […]
The ChronicleHerald.ca in Canada, reports that one school has accepted student objections and stopped using Turnitin.com, which is a program/database for detecting plagiarism. I use this software and Tulane subscribes to it. I think it is excellent and the objections raised, as explained in the story at least, are weak. […]
Tyler William’s has an excellent (and humorous) blog on Hebrew tattoos with errors and all. The first “wrong” is אליהם with the final letter being a samech. One of Tyler’s respondents suggested that it was a mem in Rashi script, but if that is the case why are the other […]
This is a news alert I received from Inside Higher Ed but it does not appear to be on their website yet. It is significant that Alito was not involved in that his arguments for joining the Princeton group (CAP) was that the group fought to allow ROTC back on […]
From TUAW: Apple rewards college-bound seniors Dave Caolo Attention, college-bound high school seniors: Apple is currently looking for 10 recipients of its scholarship program. The students who demonstrate the most innovative use of technology in academics will receive $2,000 (which should just about cover your books, actually), plus a MacBook […]
George Barisich, president of the United Commercial Fisherman’s Association, has been selling anti-FEMA T-shirts since last fall, a reflection of his frustration with the federal government’s response to the storm that left him homeless and unemployed. But on Feb. 1, when he handed a shirt to a fellow Katrina victim […]
It isn’t just Bush. LONDON, March 3 — Prime Minister Tony Blair has indicated that God influenced his deliberations when he committed British troops to fight alongside American forces in Iraq. But the quotes included in the article aren’t clear about what Blair said or might have meant (or at […]