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Uninvited to Williams
Williams College students invited Suzanne Venker, a writer and longtime critic of feminism, to speak Tuesday night, but changed their minds and took back the invite for her talk, "One Step Forward, Ten Steps Back: Why Feminism Fails." Venker had been invited to participate in a student-run, alumni-funded speaking series at Williams called "Uncomfortable Learning." The program’s purpose is to expose students to controversial voices and opinions they might not otherwise hear. Many of the speakers tend to be conservative or people whose views don't square with those of most students.
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Ask Well: Can Whiteners Damage the Teeth?
Dean Denis Kinane of the School of Dental Medicine comments on the effects of long-term use of teeth-whitening strips.
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New Mammogram Guidelines Could Heighten Breast Cancer Confusion
Emily Conant of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on three-dimensional mammography, or tomosynthesis.
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Should Universities Teach Students to ‘Find Themselves’?
My father spent his life openly searching for meaning. He served as deacon of our Presbyterian Church, followed an Indian guru through the ’80s and ’90s, and channeled with seers to get in touch with his past lives. The bookshelves of my childhood held the mysteries of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Edgar Cayce’s prophecies. It was not your average household. When Dad told me he wanted to give George Mason University $10 million to establish a center to spread the study and practice of “finding yourself,” it’s safe to say I was a little concerned.
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Allowing More Guns Won’t Make Campuses Safer
Just eight days after a gunman massacred nine people at a community college in Oregon, two more students were killed in separate shootings on college campuses in Texas and Arizona. In many parts of the country, the shootings prompted a call to arm students and faculty. Only in America do we respond to shootings by claiming a need for more guns. Arming college campuses will do little to reduce mass attacks and will likely lead to more shooting deaths. There are already 300 million civilian firearms in the United States. That's more than one for every adult.
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Audio: Jeremy Siegel on Fundamental Indexing
Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School talks about fundamental index ETFs.
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Video: Partnerships Cited as Key to Atlantic City’s Future
Rita Hodges of the Netter Center for Community Partnerships says, “When you look at big institutions…like colleges and universities – they have a lot neighborhoods that they can and should be partnering with.”
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In Search for College Chiefs, Faculty Input Can Feel Like a Mere Formality
In January 2014, Donald L. White and a few of his faculty colleagues at Kent State University gathered for an event with the trappings of great import. Mr. White, a mathematics professor, had been summoned to Rockwell Hall for an emergency meeting of the Committee on Administrative Officers, a group empowered by university policy to interview all of the finalists for major administrative posts. But as the committee began its questioning of Beverly J. Warren, a candidate for the university’s presidency, Mr. White could not help noticing a frenzy of activity outside the door.
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Villanova U. Will Add Armed Cops
Because of rising concerns about college campus safety nationwide, Villanova University announced Monday that it will add armed police officers to its campus, beginning in Fall 2016. The Catholic university currently has a 75-member public safety department, responsible for patrol, investigations, parking enforcement, residence hall and building security, crime prevention and special-event security. But the department’s security officers can’t use lights or sirens when responding to an emergency on the 260-acre, Main Line campus, said Villanova spokesman Jonathan Gust.
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The Truth About Tuition
In the college tuition game, the sticker prices are usually fake, but the money students and families pay is real. It's also often borrowed, leading to debts that make it difficult for graduates to start a family, buy a home, or take a risk on a business or career. Because there are too many losers in this game, it's encouraging that one local college has stopped playing.