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We’re Scrapping Our Gen Ed Model in Favor of Survival Skills Training

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We’re Scrapping Our Gen Ed Model in Favor of Survival Skills Training Dear Colleagues, The University will soon announce plans to overhaul the gen ed program recently adopted by the Faculty Senate. The new program, which emphasizes post-apocalyptic survival skills rather than traditional academic content, will be implemented fall semester. We remain hopeful this is not too late. We realize this may seem like an ab…

McSweenys 908 2023-12-27

What Do You Wish Other Drivers Learned In Drivers’ Ed?

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What Do You Wish Other Drivers Learned In Drivers’ Ed? Driver education in the United States is a mixed bag. Some states require hours of training and weeks of on-road experience before a new driver can get their license, while others just ask that you survive a mild obstacle course in a parking lot before letting you loose on the Jersey Turnpike. Clearly, the system… Read more…

Jalopnik 637 2023-12-17

Lindsay Lister’s Op-Ed to the Stars Hollow Gazette

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Lindsay Lister’s Op-Ed to the Stars Hollow Gazette Dear Townspeople of Stars Hollow, You know me, Lindsay. While not the town’s prodigal daughter, I am also a young woman who was born and raised in this town (there are actually a lot of us, though we don’t get our own table at Luke’s or automatically become the town’s Ice Cream Queen just for existing), and I’d like to set the record straight ab…

McSweenys 245 2023-08-07