• 'Merit' Makes A Comeback: More Universities Reinstate Testing Requirement For Admissions

    'Merit' Makes A Comeback: More Universities Reinstate Testing Requirement For Admissions Authored by Wenyuan Wu via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Harvard, following in the footsteps of its Ivy League peers (Dartmouth and Yale) has reinstated standardized testing in its undergraduate admissions. America’s oldest private university, after popularizing the “holistic admissions” model (originally used in the early 20th century to keep Jews out) and dissing meritocracy, is perhaps...

  • Junior Firpo provides virus update with Leeds United results admission and requirement to go up

    Junior Firpo has issued a “better side” Leeds United challenge with a Whites results admission and virus update. Left-back Firpo helped Leeds to a huge 4-3 win at Monday night’s Championship hosts Middlesbrough, after which he revealed that he battled through a recent bout of sickness and fever, declaring that he was on the verge of throwing up in the second half. Victory at Boro, where Firpo provided two assists, put Daniel Farke’s Whites back into the Championship’s automatic promotion places...

  • Harvard students rush Harvard Yard for Palestine tent encampment: ‘Liberated zone’

    Harvard students reportedly rushed Harvard Yard to create a tent encampment "liberated zone" for Palestine. Emerson officials were warning students of "imminent law enforcement action."

  • Harvard closes Harvard Yard as anti-Israel protesters take over Ivy League campuses across country: report

    Harvard University is reportedly restricting access to Harvard Yard this week as anti-Israel protesters take over open areas of other Ivy League campuses. The post Harvard closes Harvard Yard as anti-Israel protesters take over Ivy League campuses across country: report first appeared on WFIN Local News.

  • Harvard closes Harvard Yard as anti-Israel protesters take over Ivy League campuses across country: report

    Harvard University has closed Harvard Yard at the heart of its campus and is restricting access to the outside area until Friday, according to a report, a move that comes as anti-Israel protesters take over open areas of other Ivy League campuses. Signs posted on the gates of Harvard Yard on Sunday said that the area was closed to non-Harvard ID holders and that "structures, including tents and tables" are not permitted without prior permission, the Harvard Crimson first reported. Blocking...

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    Are SATs a Good Thing?

    This year, many selective colleges are reversing Covid-era test-optional admissions policies, requiring applicants to submit ACT or SAT scores again. Emi Nietfeld, author of Acceptance: A Memoir (Penguin Press, 2022), discusses how taking the SAT changed her life and helped her, as a disadvantaged youth, to attend Harvard.

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    Jackson student accepted into Harvard

    As the school year comes to an end, thousands of high schoolers are getting ready to graduate and go to college.

  • Inside a Stanford admissions file

    Stanford admissions files are available to students via the FERPA request form, but some students wished there was more transparency behind admissions.

  • Government to require sustainability of contractors

    Businesses that want to work with the Commonwealth government will have to prove that their operations are sustainable in a push to shift Australia towards a circular economy. As the government attempts to slash the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek says a circular economy – where goods are reused, repurposed, recycled or […]

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  • Gardener's mailbag: What care does this plant require?

    By Neil Sperry Special to the Herald Democrat Dear Neil: What care does this plant require? I bought it some time ago at a local… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close

  • Garage Sale – Sat. April 27th

    Huge Moving Garage Sale Saturday, April 27, from 8am to 3pm in Brownwood. Furniture, sports equipment, treadmill, weights +bench, linens, rugs, kitchen, books, bicycle, tools, men and womens clothing, glass wear, trailers, some free stuff & more.