Eric Scheske

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Creative Crimes Call for Creative Sentences?

> Police departments in Johnson County aren't sure how they'll carry out an unusual sentence a judge imposed on a teenager convicted of intentionally vomiting on his teacher. > Johnson County Magistrate Judge Michael Farley on Tuesday sentenced the 17-year-old boy to spend the next four

The Higher Education Racket

The culture of debt and irresponsibility that is higher academia: > [T]he federal government has now become the co-signer on nearly every student loan, even paying the loan's interest while the student is in school, and guaranteeing to lenders at least 98% of their principal should the

Fitting

Many fraternities have become little better than drunken brothels. Why exclude the segment of our population that appreciates loose living more than anyone? > Five years since it appeared on campus, the gay fraternity at Arizona State University has become the first national, collegiate-based organization of its kind in the

News Flash: Federal Program That Might Work!

We're not big friends of the No Child Left Behind spending, but it appears to be holding public schools' feet to the fire. Link [http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20050721-093749-7769r.htm]. Excerpt from Thomas Sowell op-ed: > There have been many bitter complaints from teachers and principals

Along with Deferred Looks

> The word "fail" should be banned from use in British classrooms and replaced with the phrase "deferred success" to avoid demoralizing pupils, a group of teachers has proposed. > Members of the Professional Association of Teachers (PAT) argue that telling pupils they have failed can

Sledgehammer Banging on Public Education

In a recent speech, Alan Greenspan says our public schools are going to kill us in competition with China. Why? Well, just check out this incredible article. Link [http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20050716-105811-9987r.htm]. Excerpts: > In the long run, he accurately pointed out, our economic strength in the

Scientists Faking Us Out

When something's importance becomes disproportionate to its actual value, troubles arise. With scientism, it's been sloppy research, contradictory research, and now, fraudulent research: > Allegations of research misconduct reached record highs last year - the Department of Health and Human Services received 274 complaints, which was

NEGay

The recent NEA convention decided to advance the homosexual agenda, according to this choppy Washington Times piece [http://www.washtimes.com/national/20050708-124919-6209r.htm]: > The National Education Association ended its four-day convention here with a big victory for members promoting homosexual advocacy, but debate by conservatives seeking resolutions condemning

Womyn's Studies in NC

Not exactly dispositive with respect to nationwide interest, but here are interesting results of a review of Women's Studies at public universities in North Carolina: > In 2003, UNC-Chapel Hill had 15,089 undergraduates and only four graduated with a major in Women's Studies; meanwhile, UNC-Greensboro

Runaway Borrowing, Issue, 2,467,201

A group called Demos found that a recent college graduate earning $36,000 a year had only $34 a month left after paying his living expenses and loans. Touchstone , July/August 2005, 57. (No link available.)