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On bromantic cinema
Every generation has to itself a pantheon of movies that define it—that speak directly to that generation in a language only it can understand. No matter how bad it may be, a generational movie transcends its own quality to grab awkward, acne-covered teenagers by the collar, shake them vigorously, and yell “I SPEAK FOR YOU!”
Not so fresh, even when it’s clean
This week, I went to the Gaylord Music Library (that weird smelly building on the South 40), took out some music and summarily ripped it all to my hard drive. I probably repeat this process twice a week. This is illegal.
Don’t like charter schools?
In 1991, Minnesota passed the first charter-school legislation in U.S. history, igniting a debate over the true social benefit of alternative education. Within the laissez-faire charter concept, schools are largely ungoverned by the regulations of traditional public schools and free to experiment with new teaching and administrative methods. In return, they must achieve certain test score benchmarks each year to maintain their public funding
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