
Should We Rethink the College Syllabus?
voanews.com...But academic and video game designer Ian Bogost argues that syllabi have become boring, rote and describe college policies and regulations instead... ...(August 2023) International students at Michigan State University talk about workplace culture shocks in the U.S.... ...(August 2023) Between a third to half of all students admitted to the University of Pennsylvania and the California Institute of Technology feature... ...Only about 4 in 10 Americans say they have a "great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in higher education. Sarah Wood of U.S....

10 things you need to know today: October 3, 2023
theweek.com > round-up...State Attorney General Letitia James accuses Trump, his company and top executives, including his two adult sons, of lying about his net worth and... ...Less than $3 per week Trump calls fraud case a 'sham' as trial starts, Matt Gaetz files resolution seeking to oust McCarthy, and more A free daily... ...The Washington Post, CNN Conservative Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday recused himself as the Supreme Court rejected an appeal by John Eastman,... ...Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) filed a resolution Monday seeking to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from his leadership post....

'A travesty': Clarence Thomas refuses to recuse in case that could benefit billionaire benefactor
rawstory.com...The high court declined to hear Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP) v.... ... Revolving Door Project executive director Jeff Hauser in a statement.... ..."Crow's industry lobbyist of choice, the National Multifamily Housing Council, filed an amicus brief urging the 2nd Circuit to take up the challenge... ...that--as the group highlighted Monday--NMHC Chair Ken Valach is CEO of three subsidiaries of his company Crow Holdings....

Idaho banned abortion. Then it turned down supports for pregnancies and births.
rawstory.com...Supreme Court last year overturned Roe v.... ...Brad Little said the state should turn to helping women who might otherwise have terminated pregnancies.... ...But Blaine Conzatti, president of the Idaho Family Policy Center and a leading anti-abortion lobbyist, is not bothered by the lack of government... ...Brent Crane, a longtime Republican leader who chairs the House State Affairs Committee, said GOP lawmakers last year had hoped to put forward bills...

A 'Gilmore Girls' Continuity Error Brought This Character Back From The Dead
bustle.com > entertainment...In the Season 1 episode “Kill Me Know,” Richard Gilmore (played by Edward Herrmann) speaks about his mother, Lorelai “Trix” Gilmore (Marion Ross)... ...More than two decades after Gilmore Girls’ debut, fans remain enthused by the beloved drama and continue to explore lesser-known tidbits about the... ...During the same episode, Richard’s wife Emily Gilmore (Kelly Bishop) shared that her mother-in-law handed down her dinner plates -- a line that again... ...pilot, an alternate ending theory, the canceled Gilmore Girls spinoff, and more....

Armenia's Parliament Votes to Join the International Criminal Court, Straining Ties With Ally Russia
voanews.com...join the International Criminal Court, which earlier this year indicted Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes connected to the deportation... ...Armenia's Parliament Votes to Join the International Criminal Court, Straining Ties With Ally Russia The Armenian parliament on Tuesday voted to... ...Armenian officials say the effort to join ICC has nothing to do with Russia and was prompted by Azerbaijan’s aggression against the country....

Niger's Junta Says Jihadis Kill 29 Soldiers as Attacks Ramp Up
voanews.com...Location & Event Data Project.... ...operation, Niger Defense Minister Lt.... ...in the vast expanse below the Sahara Desert.... ...Niger has battled a jihadi insurgency linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group for years....

Big Oil Ain't In The Ice Cream Business! Tabs, Tues., Oct. 3, 2023
wonkette.com...(Mother Jones) Former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly confirms on the record that Trump mocked the war dead.... ...(Washington Post) Donald Trump is a straight-up stochastic terrorist.... ...(Black Enterprise) A touching piece about the death of Brooks Robinson by Leslie Gray Streeter. (Baltimore Banner) I assume Rep.... ...(Washington Post) The Michigan Republican Party is flat broke....

Trump's prison presidency? How he could run — and win — from behind bars.
rawstory.com...Now, there’s a legitimate chance Donald Trump could be running for president, or even serving as commander in chief, from behind bars.... ...Secondly, Trump himself has offered no indication he’ll step away.... ...,” said Neama Rahmani, a former assistant U.S. attorney and president of West Coast Trial Lawyers.... ...But Allan Lichtman, a professor of history at American University, said campaigning for president and defending himself against criminal charges...

Analysis | Why Democrats might not want to save McCarthy
washingtonpost.com > politics...In today’s edition … Three ways McCarthy can hang on to his job — and two ways he can lose it … What we’re watching: Donald Trump and Hunter Biden... ...We are thinking about Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Tex.), who was carjacked at gunpoint about a mile from the U.S.... ...Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) when she was speaker and McCarthy was minority leader.... ...Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) -- in an undramatic, very un-Gaetz way -- filed his long-awaited motion to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on the...