Senior arrested for breaking into girls dorms, stalking them, and stealing underwear and handbags. Much loved sophomore Anne Ryan dies of meningitis. Economics professor admits that he killed his wife with a chin up bar following an argument about whether their daughter would miss school for vacation. Admissions director Lee Stetson steps down after 29 [...]
Posts from ‘November, 2007’
Teams are idiots
You can’t sign a player for ten years, and you can’t sign him for $275 million. At least you shouldn’t want to. Who can predict anything that is going to happen ten years in the future? Look at Barry Zito, Charlie Weis, deals made by the New York Mets, etc. – very long contract deals [...]
No Free Lunches
The moral of Tim Harford’s article is, don’t try to do people a favor unless you want to get trampled. If you were wondering why Harvard has a $26 billion endowment and is increasing the cost of tuition every year by 6%, that article is a good place to look.
Problems with getting kids to do what you want
“Dr. Fryer said that after months of working with students, he has learned to listen to their opinions. At one point, he considered creating special shoes along the lines of Nike’s Air Jordans for students who did well. He mentioned the idea to a group of fourth-grade students. “It took about three seconds,” he said, [...]
Unexpected baseball game interruption
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