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"But a new survey of admissions officials at the 75 most competitive colleges and universities (defined as those with the lowest admit rates) finds that there are distinct patterns, typically not known by applicants, that differentiate some holistic colleges from others. Most colleges focus entirely on academic qualifications first, and then consider other factors. But a minority of institutions focuses first on issues of “fit” between a college’s needs and an applicant’s needs."
— Inside Higher Ed on selective colleges’ admission standards
"But the truth is that there isn’t a major religion whose scriptures and history don’t contain a whole lot of absolutely crazy stuff."
— Paul Waldman in The American Prospect, on Mitt’s Mormonism and politics’ intersection with religion more generally.
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“Supervisors [of contract employees] reportedly told people, ‘If you go organize or go to a meeting, you’ll be fired,’” said Susan Fraiman, a professor at the University of Virginiaand a long-time activist for living wages for staff and contract workers on campus. In a right-to-work state like Virginia, that isn’t illegal — but, according to an advisory opinion issued to UVA in 2006 by then-Attorney General (now Governor) Bob McDonnell (R), taking into account the wages your contractors are paying the employees that work on campus when awarding contracts might be.
David Flood, one of the student organizers behind the Living Wage at UVA campaign, said the university “acknowledged [in private meetings] that the opinion isn’t legally binding nor is it intended to be,” and Fraiman said, “we have it on good authority from the law faculty that the Attorney General’s opinion is advisory only and not legally binding” on the university. Nonetheless, the university appears to be determined to rely on it to explain why they don’t plan to force contractors to pay their employees even the same wages as university staff (which start at $10.65 an hour), let alone the $13 per hour the campaign is demanding for employees and contractors alike.
Emily Filler, who runs the campaign’s media outreach, said, “Almost everything they cite is economic.” In fact, she added, “The president and the chief financial officer [of the university] during the most recent action issued statements pleading a lack of available funds” to pay higher wages to the lowest-wage employees.
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“Supervisors [of contract employees] reportedly told people, ‘If you go organize or go to a meeting, you’ll be fired,’” said Susan Fraiman, a professor at the University of Virginiaand a long-time activist for living wages for staff and contract workers on campus. In a right-to-work state like Virginia, that isn’t illegal — but, according to an advisory opinion issued to UVA in 2006 by then-Attorney General (now Governor) Bob McDonnell (R), taking into account the wages your contractors are paying the employees that work on campus when awarding contracts might be.
David Flood, one of the student organizers behind the Living Wage at UVA campaign, said the university “acknowledged [in private meetings] that the opinion isn’t legally binding nor is it intended to be,” and Fraiman said, “we have it on good authority from the law faculty that the Attorney General’s opinion is advisory only and not legally binding” on the university. Nonetheless, the university appears to be determined to rely on it to explain why they don’t plan to force contractors to pay their employees even the same wages as university staff (which start at $10.65 an hour), let alone the $13 per hour the campaign is demanding for employees and contractors alike.
Emily Filler, who runs the campaign’s media outreach, said, “Almost everything they cite is economic.” In fact, she added, “The president and the chief financial officer [of the university] during the most recent action issued statements pleading a lack of available funds” to pay higher wages to the lowest-wage employees.
"But if you’re willing to suspend not just disbelief but also all considerations of logic and intelligence and narrative coherence, it’s also a rip-roaring, fun adventure, fatefully balanced between high camp and boyish seriousness at almost every second."
— On possibly one of the worst movies of all time. [Salon]
