Category: College
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academics vs athletics
This is from today’s edition of The Daily Texan The Daily Texan Viewpoint “Questions for athletics” on Sept. 15 is right about the questions I raised in the official Questions to the President segment of the Faculty Council meeting for Monday. My questions ask how our big-time sports programs affect the quality of the education…
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ohio state fans weren’t too bad
PARKING LOT 108, 1500 Block Assault by Contact: An unknown subject wearing Ohio State shirt entered into the parking lot. When told that the parking lot was full, the subject drove past the parking attendant and entered the lot yelling “I have a pass.” After parking his vehicle, the subject walked past the attendant and…
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marx on political economy
[Originally published related to SOC 359 – Sociology of Work] I’m currently in my Sociology of Work course. Today, we’re looking at Marx’s rant on alienated labor. One particular interesting quote: The worker becomes poorer the richer is his production, the more it increaes in power and scope. The worker becomes a commodity that is…
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not drunk people riding with drunk people
300 BLOCK EAST 21st STREET Driving While Intoxicated / Public Intoxication: A silver Chevy truck was observed disregarding several stop signs. The right front tire of the vehicle was flat and the driver was driving the vehicle on its rim. When the vehicle finally stopped, the officer detected a very strong odor of alcohol and…
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don’t fall off the bus
Yesterday, after what I’d consider a successful day of classes, I needed to ride the Far West Shuttle (FW) from the campus back home. My 6:30-9:30 p.m. class released a little early and when I arrived at the stop, a bus was already there. Sadly too, it was already quite full. I entered through the…
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business school was a bit slow
Just a brief update- right before leaving for New York City, the Business School sent me an e-mail informing that they were completely wrong and that my information was not stolen during the April data theft. My name was on the computer system accessed but my file was not downloaded by the hacker. I’m still…