Sunday, July 6th, 2008

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Editorial: New SAT policy helps rich, bad test takers


The College Board, the organization behind the SAT, announced a new policy that will allow college applicants to choose which test scores they want admissions officers to see and which ones they do not.

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Editorial: Tree-sitters rooted in community involvement

Tree-sitters at the University of California, Berkeley were granted a victory last week when a judge ruled the university must resolve lingering concerns about a major construction project that would, among other things, cause the death of a grove of coastal oak trees.

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Editorial: Capturing UCLA’s best and worst of the year

Four people at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta maintain a database of time capsules.

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Editorial:
Mighty Mic successfully entertains and informs

Thursday night marked the second annual Mighty Mic Human Rights Awareness Concert at Ackerman Grand Ballroom, and the event was a success on multiple levels.

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Editorial:
USAC should improve outreach to groups

The Undergraduate Students Association Council’s decision in 2006 to open up office space allocation was essential to the long-term vitality of student groups on campus.

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Editorial: Schools do well to drop SAT and ACT requirements

In a refreshing step toward improving the higher education admissions process, two colleges, Smith College and Wake Forest University, have recently lifted their SAT/ACT requirement for prospective students.

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Editorial: Simple solutions add up for conservation

Students at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, have a very special shower ritual. Every day as they leave the shower, students living in the Student Experiment in Ecological Design house, or SEED, jump from the shower and check the timer on the wall.

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Editorial: Focus should move off gender gaps in schools

A recent report finds that gender-based achievement gaps in education are minimal, if they exist at all.

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Editorial: Veterans deserve all aid possible for GI Bill

The House of Representatives recently passed a bill that would raise taxes for the wealthy to increase funding for a new GI Bill.

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Editorial: Protesters’ passion is an example to follow

Last Wednesday, 16 students were arrested for refusing to disperse while they protested the UC Board of Regents’ student fee increases. They should be commended for their passionate activism.

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