Published on November 30th, 2011 | by Rachel Farhi
As soon as the law school application process was finished, I slept better than I ever had before. I had spent the past four days compiling, editing, proofreading and paying for my résumé to be submitted …... Read More →Published on October 27th, 2011 | by Rachel Farhi
Denmark has instituted a tax on foods containing more than a certain amount of saturated fat. Approved by nearly 90 percent of the Danish parliament, the tax mainly targets dairy and meat products. It raises retail …... Read More →Published on October 18th, 2011 | by Rachel Farhi
Conservative candidates tout deregulation as desirable: Fewer burdens on businesses will foster growth and create jobs, whereas federal and state regulations are unnecessary impediments that put people out of work for no reason. The target audience …... Read More →Published on October 5th, 2011 | by Rachel Farhi
Some professors at elite universities are trying to devise a more economical university model, and they are using the Internet to do it. Sebastian Thrun, a Stanford professor, is an advocate of the online university and …... Read More →Published on September 28th, 2011 | by Rachel Farhi
Students of the Berkeley College Republicans at the University of California-Berkeley hosted an unusual bake sale yesterday to express their outrage over an affirmative action-like bill, SB-185, that is currently awaiting California Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature. …... Read More →Published on September 21st, 2011 | by Rachel Farhi
On Sept. 16, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit struck down a California municipal law that would make it illegal for any person “to stand on a street or highway and solicit, or …... Read More →Published on September 14th, 2011 | by Rachel Farhi
Linn State Technical College, a two-year school in Missouri, has implemented a school-wide, mandatory drug screening. All student enrollment is contingent upon passing these tests. Linn State offers courses and degrees involving dangerous equipment (nuclear technology, …... Read More →Published on September 7th, 2011 | by Rachel Farhi
CNN’s newly released “Culture Census” sounds like a nice idea, but its purpose and wording show what the network really wants to know: how you look and which version of Jesus you like best. The survey …... Read More →Published on August 25th, 2011 | by Rachel Farhi
Recent modifications to graduate student loans will save taxpayers $21.6 billion over the next decade, but those savings will create a financial burden that will be passed on to grad students for years to come. The …... Read More →Published on August 21st, 2011 | by Rachel Farhi
In Stanford University v. Roche Molecular Systems, the Supreme Court limited a university’s rights to the inventions of its employees. The precedent from the 1700s, that a person owns his ideas, still holds. At Stanford, Mark …... Read More →
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