“The Big Ten conference announced Wednesday that all of its institutions will grant athletic scholarships for the entire term of an athlete’s enrollment, and allow some athletes who leave school to return and finish their degrees on scholarship.” Here is a link to Adam Rittenber[...]
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Big Ten is a step ahead
It is Time to Recognize Cuba
How can anyone imagine that Cuba is some sort of threat to the US? Cuba among the top tourist destinations On September 23, Cuba was recognized as a top international tourist destination at an event in Brazil to decide the best tourist executives, companies and destinations in 2014, according to the[...]
Florida Governor’s Campaign Manager Appointed as President of Florida State University
Florida GOP state senator John Thrasher has been named the President of Florida State University. He has no academic credentials. Mr. Thatcher was the only one (of four) finalists who lacked academic leadership experience. After he spoke to hundreds of students and faculty, 87% of the audi[...]
September 22nd, 2014 - 1:48 pm § in Politics
Can we trust Georgia’s voters?
I have serious doubts, although it’s not hopeless. After all, Georgia has a disreputable history as a state that supported slavery, seceded from the Union and fought for the Confederacy, and whose body count from racial lynchings is exceeded only by Mississippi’s. More recently, Georgi[...]
July 24th, 2014 - 9:12 am § in Israel/Palestine, Politics
A Cogent Arguement AGAINST Israel
AIPAC Is the Only Explanation for America’s Morally Bankrupt Israel Policy Stephen M. Walt Professor of International Affairs, Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government (NOTE: I have edited the text to focus on Walt’s impressive argument that Netanyahu has an irredentist on[...]
July 21st, 2014 - 11:49 pm § in Politics
SUBWAY UNIONIZES!
(based on a report from Huff Post) By 8 to 5, workers at a Subway location in Bloomsbury, N.J., on Friday voted in favor of joining the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. One (pro union) worker said: “I am very relieved the election is over and very proud of my co-workers for hangin[...]
July 18th, 2014 - 1:17 pm § in The Ave Scene
MS Cuts off “Bridge,” stranding its Finnish Employees
Nokia workers Lose Finnish Style Benefits, Being Laid Off Before the takeover by Microsoft, Nokia employees had the benefit of Nokia’s generous Bridge programme. Bridge helped some of Nokia’s laid off 40,000 workers to develop skills or launch their own startup. No such luck if you[...]
June 13th, 2014 - 3:22 am § in Politics
Invasion of the Children
immigrant children are being held in temporary U.S. holding pens. The U.S. border patrol says its forces are overwhelmed, and the courts are bracing for a flood of immigration cases from children held in temporary detention facilities designed to handle a fraction of the numbers. Sanitati[...]
5 Reasons I cant wait for the NBA season to start!
1) Chicago Bulls For the last few seasons the Bulls title hopes were put on hold due to injuries suffered by their star player Derrick Rose. The return of Rose, along with the addition of 2-time NBA champion Pau Gasol should put the Bulls at the top of the standings in the East this year. […][...]