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Failing grade

The National Summit of the New Civil Rights Movement held a symposium on Sunday at the Michigan League, focusing on the severe limitations inherent in standardized testing. They found that standardized testing presents an entirely flawed assessment of peoples' intelligence.

The home stretch

People love him. People hate him. And tomorrow, this eight-year-long love/hate relationship will come to an end when the 42nd president of the United States, Bill Clinton, leaves office. Pundits and journalists have been trying to articulate Clinton's legacy since the resolution of the 2000 election, yet no one can seem to agree on a conclusion from these turbulent years. Clinton will be remembered for an unprecedented economic boom and leaving office with a 65 percent approval rating, yet he was impeached by Congress just two years ago. His legacy is inexpressible because it is so contradictory.

A Shakespearean awakening to falsification

One night recently I dreamt that "Hamlet" had been adapted into a porno movie. But that isn't what was shocking. Rather, it was my in-dream reaction, which I can remember as being somewhat appeased by the porn industry's effort to send one of their cycloptic projects on an extraordinarily Catholic trajectory.

Letters to the Editors

Dane Barnes: Disturbed Sleep

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1-19-2001

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