Bad credit: Credit hours should reflect class work
Last week, University students began their Winter term classes. Students often find that 300- and 400-level classes have large workloads for fewer credit hours than intoductory-level classes. As a result, many upperclassmen have to take more courses in order to compensate for the fact that the classes frequently offer fewer credits than introductory-level classes, despite their greater difficulty and broader scope. Credit hours are assigned by academic units - often leading to a great disparity between upper-level courses in different divisions.
Healthy expansion: Clinton's plan offers coverage to early retirees
Last Tuesday, President Clinton unveiled a plan to offer health insurance to middle-aged Americans who are out of the work force but are too young to qualify for Medicare. The program would enable them to pay for comprehensive coverage under the nation's public health care system. The self-financed program would stay afloat by charging clients reasonable fixed-rate premiums and would place no new burdens on the projected spending plan of the current Medicare system, which already occupies 12 percent of the federal budget.
Monday should not just be the finish to a three-day weekend
Whomever named this year's Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium surely knows the importance of this year's event. And I think that the same person (or people) knows the importance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day nationwide - as do the many people at this University who have worked tirelessly to put together this year's program. But, I am sad to say, I think most people at the University and most people in the United States do not have even the slightest clue as to what this coming Monday means, and that may be the most frightening thing of all when it comes to the future of our nation.
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