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What Do College Admissions and Piranha 3D Have in Common?

David Lymburner — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:12:48 +0000

I get easily frustrated with people who force complex interpretations of everything. This is particularly true at certain universities, where professors appear to worship complexity. As much as I appreciate a really substantive cerebral experience, I also realize that Piranha 3D doesn’t have an elaborate subtext to illustrate the perils of the socio-industrial complex’s influence on the global environment. It’s about a bunch of really mean fish that eat really attractive people, purely for audience entertainment purposes.

One of the reasons I started writing about college admissions is that at times it seems everyone who writes on the topic has an attitude consistent with those colleges that seem to pride themselves on their disconnect from the “real world.” So-called college admissions experts appear determined to make the topic seem complex, defying understanding by anyone without decades of experience in the field. This leads to

What I Wish I Had Known When I Started Law School, Part I

Joseph Landor — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:33:07 +0000

Editors’ Note: As each new 1L class begins its legal education, our thoughts often turn back to our own first few weeks of law school. This post begins a new series on “What I Wish I Had Known When I Started Law School.”

I went to law school for all the wrong reasons. When I started in Georgetown’s part-time, evening division, I had been doing real estate development for four or five years. I was a client before I was a law student. I became quite annoyed that my attorneys seemed to be patronizing me. They spoke a language that was foreign to me. I decided t

From the publisher: Shine a light

Bianca McKerihan — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:40:06 +0000

Over the past many years, we have been inundated with articles, columns, essays and rants about the widening red-blue divide in this country. People on one side of the divide can no longer even fathom the perspective of people across the way. We are a long way from reconciliation.

I’m afraid a similar chasm has opened in the world of public education. On one side are people who favor data-driven accountability, school choice, autonomy and pay-for-performance (to name a few issues). I’ll call them (somewhat inaccurately) “outsiders.” On the other are “insiders,” those who feel that market-based reforms and an over-emphasis on testing constitute an assault on public education and specifically on teachers.

Rhetoric on both sides is tilting toward invective. Name-callin

How to Study: A Brief Guide

Scarlett Garvan — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:36:11 +0000

Oh, it’s coming. Denying it won’t help you. Fall Term is starting up soon whether you’re ready or not. When the first week of classes have been attended and while you’re still focusing on first chapters, small quizzes, tolerable assignments, and the finer points on your professors’ syllabi, at the very least please skim this: How to Study: A Brief Guide. Learning how to learn is, how do you say, crucial, of the essence, invaluable, indispensable and totally effing necessary.

(take notes)

Purdue’s Marve ready to play Irish

Noah Sadlier — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:26:28 +0000

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — New Purdue quarterback Robert Marve beat LeBron James to the punch and now he is ready to restart his career.

In a press conference televised on ESPN, Marve announced last year that he would play for Purdue after transferring from Miami.

Just like when the Miami Heat’s expectations rose when James made his choice, Purdue’s expectations went through the roof after landing Marve.

Purdue coach Danny Hope said Marve immediately made Purdue a better program. Now, after sitting out a year as required by NCAA transfer rules, Marve will lead the Boilermakers for the first time on Saturday at Notre Dame.

“I’m looking forward to showing everybody what I’ve got, I’m looking forward for Purdue,” Marve said Tuesday.

TPS celebrates some higher state ratings

Bianca McKerihan — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:13:44 +0000

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TOLEDO, OH — The Ohio Department of Education released final “report card” scores on Friday for local schools and school districts.

The Toledo Public School District earned a “Continuous Improvement” rating for another year and several individual schools within TPS made big leaps forward.

Eight schools received “Excellent” ratings, the equivalent of an “A”. F

New Comments Address Fraud Sentencing and Deferred Prosecution Agreements

Joseph Landor — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:32:48 +0000

The latest issue of the Marquette Law Review features a student comment by Ryan Parsons on the treatment of “temporary victims” under the federal sentencing guidelines. In crimes such as bank fraud, individual accountholders that have been defrauded are often reimbursed by the bank and, therefore, made economically whole. Such reimbursed accountholders are often ignored for purposes of sentencing enhancement, even though reimbursement may not occur without time and effort expended by these temporary victims. Parsons describes how various courts have dealt with this phenomenon, as well as the Federal Sentencing Commission’s recent decision to include all such temporary victims in the enhancement calculation regardless of whether the defrauded accountholders even knew about the fraud. Parsons argues that in order for a sentence to accurately reflect the severity of the crime, temporary victims should be taken into account to the extent that they suffered actual, monetizable losses (e.g., time spent pursuing mitigation).

This issue also includes Rachel Delaney’s comment analyzing the use of deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) in the corporate crime context, ultimately calling for congressional regulation of prosecutorial discretion.

Better Business Bureau Complaint Affecting College-Bound Students

David Lymburner — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:06:11 +0000

In the past few days, several college-bound students in my local community have been contacted about a free seminar offered by Edifi. This company is in the business of providing services to help students and families for prepare for college, conduct college searches, and find funding for a college education.

Subsequently, these students have contacted me about the validity of the Edifi free seminar; I have directed them to the Better Business Bureau Complaint which includes the statement,

“Edifi has an unsatisfactory report with the BBB due to a pattern of complaints from consumers who report misleading sales practices and dissatisfaction with the service. T Read more…

VC garage sale today

Noah Sadlier — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 06:53:01 +0000

Attention retro enthusiasts. The Ventura College athletic department will sell old uniforms and practice gear from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. today on the patio adjacent to the VC Sportsplex.

Items from nearly every VC program are available from 1980s to present, including basketball uniforms and warmups going back to the Phil Mathews era, football uniforms going back to the Phil Passno era and baseball uniforms going back to the Gary Anglin era.

“We’ve never been given this chance before,” said Ventura equipment manager Peder Nielsen. “There’s some really nice stuff… It’s all been in storage.”

The garage sale will continue into the football scrimmage this evening.

Excellent Use for Punctuation

Scarlett Garvan — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 06:34:47 +0000

This is hilarious and educational. Ze Frank explains how to vent one’s impotent rage when replying to e-mails while maintaining one’s professional integrity. Herein lies Ze Frank’s exquisite advice.

Criminal Appeals Symposium: New Issue of Marquette Law Review Hits Newstands

Joseph Landor — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:37:45 +0000

Congratulations to the editors of the Marquette Law Review on the publication of a new issue. This issue features papers presented at the Criminal Appeals Conference here in June 2009. All of the articles can be downloaded from the Law Review’s website. Here are the contents:

Criminal Appeals: Past, Present, and Future , by Chad M. Oldfather and Michael M. O’Hear
Stories of Crimes, Trials, and Appeals in Civil War Era Missouri, Frank O. Bowman III
Scottsboro, by Michael J. Klarman
A Fair Trial, Not a Perfect One: The Early Twentieth-Century Campaign for the Harmless Error Rule, by Roger A. Fairfa

International Women Leaders to Speak at UVU Women’s Symposium

David Lymburner — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:18:48 +0000

August 23, 2010
For Immediate Release

Women around the world often face similar daily struggles – how to care for their families while maintaining their careers and personal lives. On Thursday, Sept. 2, Utah Valley University will host its annual Women’s Symposium, this year entitled “Women’s Perspectives from Around the Globe.” Women leaders from Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Brazil, Israel, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, and Malaysia will offer their perspectives on the unique challenges that women face in today’s world.

“These women are powerful leaders in their own right,” said Rusty Butler, associate vice president for International Affairs & Diplomacy at UVU. “They are forme

Occidental Named One of Country’s Best

David Lymburner — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:05:53 +0000

August 21, 2010
Contact: Jim Tranquada, (323) 259-2990

Occidental College has been named one of the country’s best colleges in the latest editions of several major college guides, including U.S. News & World Report, Princeton Review’s The Best 373 Colleges, the Fiske Guide to Colleges, The Insider’s Guide to the Colleges, Peterson’s 440 Great Colleges for Top Students, and Forbes‘ “America’s Best Colleges.”

High school counselors polled by U.S. News ranked Occidental No. 20 among national liberal arts colleges, and Oxy was again was recognized by the Insider’s Guide as one of a handful of colleges and universities with the strongest undergraduate focus.

Top Ten Reasons to Study Abroad in Giessen, Germany

Joseph Landor — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:00:08 +0000

Here are the top ten reasons to attend the Summer Session In International and Comparative Law in Giessen, Germany sponsored annually by the Marquette University Law School and the University of Wisconsin Law School:

10. You can start a blog about your experience.

9. Avoid the Milwaukee Brewers’ annual mid-season collapse.

8. Frankfurt is the perfect jumping off point for side trips around Europe.

7. Get to know law students from exotic places like Brazil, Norway and Racine (see photo 1).

6. German mosquitos are itty bitty compared to Wisconsin mosquitos.

5. Beer

TPS finds ‘lost’ money, reinstates crossing guards

Bianca McKerihan — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 06:56:06 +0000

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TOLEDO, OH — Good news for TPS parents worried about the safety of their kids as they head back to school on Thursday.

Tuesday night, the TPS School Board voted unanimously to reinstate crossing guards.

But how did the cash-strapped district come up with the funds to make this decision?

That is a controversy in and of itself.

Turns out, when the district decided to cut bussing, someone did not take into account a TARTA contract so TPS has an extra $824 thousand. Th