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Gendered Admission

College admission is one of the most convoluted and complex issues concerning race....and now gender. Affirmative action would allow colleges to accept higher numbers of students that are minorities or women simply based on their socio-political groups rather than on eduational merit. However there are two kinds of affirmative action: that based on color; and the other on economic status.

Personally, I don't think students should be admitted based on the status as a minority and more than women should. I find myself to be a feminist...but not an unreasonable one. Colleges are for those that want to be there, for those that worked hard. I completely understand if you grew up in a rough neighborhood with a low income per capita, but being admitted simply because I should needs to keep a quota based on race is wrong.

Too bad this is actually working to the disadvantage of female college applicants to ivy league schools.

A new article reveals that many schools are admitting that they deny some equally or more qualified women in exchange for men to keep a constant 49 to 51 ratio.

oh wow.

Although most schools admit that the ratio will be forced to increase this ratio and allow more women in, this does not cover the fact that women are (and have been) "better students". Last time I checked colleges are meant for the academically qualified. If two students have the same SAT scores, but the boy has a lower GPA, he now gets into some one else's spot.

Women can never win. We always get screwed by the system. First it's we "aren't equal" so we don't get to go have an education. Now it's we're "too smart" to get in???? Does anyone else see anything wrong here?!

The Oven, Mitt

In the dialogue surrounding Mitt Romney’s candidacy, there’s a hole. There are plenty of people saying things about Romney’s faith that it disqualifies him, that it doesn’t, or that it shouldn’t come up at all. But in the middle of the noise, there’s a vacuum of information about that faith. Most of Romney’s defenders want to avoid the topic because to offer details about the Mormon religion in this context would legitimize the faith-based attacks.

Mitt Romney gets a lot of political coverage. It's because of his religious background...and alot of people are taking on assumptions about Mormonism. The politico published an article about a new blog, that targets Mitt Romney's faith and helps resolve any misunderstandings about the Mormon Church. A Utah lawyer named Ryan Bell created this blog, called romneyexperience.com

The Salt Lake City-based church, while eager to field general inquires about it, has made clear that it intends to steer clear of Romney’s candidacy; the church is avowedly neutral when it comes to partisan politics. At the same time, Romney and his campaign steer any discussion of Mormon doctrine and tradition on to a higher plane of religious tolerance and the shared ecumenical traditions that bond all people of faith. So, with the democratizing power of the Internet, Bell is offering to answer the questions that the church and Romney aren’t.

This has to be one of the best ideas ever. Romney should be paying this guy. Honestly. The one problem with politicians is how vague they have to be...about everything. This is why Romney WILL NOT WIN. His religious beliefs are so specific and politics require him to sidestep everything. He needs this guy.

Josh Wolf

Josh Wolf went to jail for refusing to hand over a video to federal officers of a riot in San Francisco. He eventually did, but in exchange for the right not to testify against the protesters

California, as well as every other state in the U.S. except Wyoming, has shield laws in place to protect journalists from having to testify in court in areas related to their coverage. Wolf went to jail through a loophole -- the police vehicles were federally funded, so authorities were able to classify the asserted arson attempt as a federal crime. Because journalists aren't protected by shield laws from the federal government, Wolf was jailed for his noncompliance.