Hash cash: 'U' unfairly burdens students with deposit
A 26-year tradition of social activism should make the University community proud. Instead, University administrators want to slap a $1,500 price tag on it - possibly forcing plans for events at this year's Hash Bash to go up in smoke. The University claimed that clean-up costs for the event are high enough to justify the outrageous deposit. Instead of choking students' First Amendment rights, the University should allow the event to take place without burdening student groups with an exorbitant deposit.
Failed tests: HSPE does not measure students' abilities
This year, when school administrators across Michigan distribute standardized assessment tests to high school juniors, they may find that no one is there to take them. It appears that Michigan students and their parents are following a national trend against standardized testing - and for good reason. The state's standardized tests harm students more than help them.
Mozart, fortuity and the things that will not be
ATENAS, Costa Rica - In 1791, Mozart's last year, a man in a black cloak knocked on the door of the world's greatest composer. The cloaked man's charge to Mozart: to write a requiem. Mozart, who at this point in his turbulent life was not only starved for cash but was losing his health, accepted the work.
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