Thursday, June 4, 2009

Memphis finds no evidence of cheating

Memphis will submit a lengthy document to the NCAA Committee on Infractions this weekend, claiming it found nothing in its internal investigation to support allegations that guard Derrick Rose had a pinch hitter take his SAT test or had any knowledge of any grade changes at his Chicago high school.

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Family Downsizing

Family Downsizing
Detroit Free Press columnist Michael Rosenberg and his wife have reached a very difficult decision. Given the economic hard times, the couple has decided to lay off one of their children. At first, they tried reducing both of their children to part-time. “We tried it for a few days,” Rosenberg deadpans, “but it proved untenable.”One night, as I was tucking my daughter into bed, she looked me in the eyes and said, “Daddy, will you stay with me for a few minutes?”“I would love to, sweetheart,” I

FACTorial: Or, are you a d/Democrat?

FACTorial: Or, are you a d/Democrat?
Part 2 – Or, are you a d/Democrat? CJ Hinke May 20, 2009 What is democracy? It’s an issue to which I’ve been giving considerable thought. And, once again, I turn to Wikipedia: “The term democracy first appeared in ancient Greek political and philosophical thought… Plato contrasted democracy, the system of ‘rule by the governed’, with the alternative systems of monarchy …, oligarchy …and timocracy . [21] ”. I had to look up timocracy http://en.wikipedia.org/wi

Management schools to jointly help reform tertiary education

The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants from the United Kingdom has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indonesian institute of management accountants (IAMI) to help further develop international finance and management prof 2 Vote(s) Read the rest ...