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Caracotsios: Just say yes this academic year

Caracotsios: Just say ‘yes’ this academic year

September 19, 2013

I’ve never actually been to a Northwestern football game. And I’m a senior. There, I admit it. But before an angry white and purple mob appears outside my apartment with torches and pitchforks, listen...

McLaughlin: As year begins, embrace Semester Online, MOOCs

McLaughlin: As year begins, embrace Semester Online, MOOCs

September 19, 2013

Last August, a Medill professor welcomed students to the first day of a course called Integrated Marketing Communications. The syllabus was distributed and questions answered. But, for the first time,...

Kamel: My illumination: Making history by uncovering the past

Kamel: My illumination: Making history by uncovering the past

September 1, 2013

Ukraine used to be home to more than 2 million Jews. I grew up hearing stories from my grandfather of a thriving Jewish community in his hometown of Maniewicze (also known as Manevychi) in Western Ukraine....

Caracotsios: Despite academic gripes, free time a snooze

Caracotsios: Despite academic gripes, free time a snooze

August 26, 2013

I set my homepage to The Economist in a pitiful attempt to keep up-to-date on world news. Most of the time, I jump to Facebook or YouTube instead, but occasionally something catches my eyes. “On ‘bullshit...

Caracotsios: The obvious discovery of lazy students

Caracotsios: The obvious discovery of lazy students

August 21, 2013

I never cease to be amazed by the power of “scientific studies” to tell us what we already know. On Monday, a Canadian study alerted my heretofore ignorant self that having laptops in class distracts...

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