It's not exactly the clash of the titans, given their unpopularity, but the dust-up between Jimmy Carter and George W. Bush illustrates some important trends in the modern presidency--and the modern post-presidency.
The George Washington University Board of Trustees has made a call for more uniformity in the freshman writing requirement, the GW Hatchet reports. Note to Board of Trustees: Read Ayn Rand's Anthem.
Ohio State students in a course called "Fashion, the Body, and Popular Culture" got a guest lecture from a drag queen, the Lantern reports.
News of the Obvious: A poll at Tufts shows that no students think a new pub will make social life worse, the Tufts Daily reports.
--A.G.
The George Washington University Board of Trustees has made a call for more uniformity in the freshman writing requirement, the GW Hatchet reports. Note to Board of Trustees: Read Ayn Rand's Anthem.
Ohio State students in a course called "Fashion, the Body, and Popular Culture" got a guest lecture from a drag queen, the Lantern reports.
News of the Obvious: A poll at Tufts shows that no students think a new pub will make social life worse, the Tufts Daily reports.
--A.G.
AP - Artillery and machine gun fire echoed around a crowded Palestinian refugee camp Tuesday as fighting resumed between besieging Lebanese troops and Islamic militants holed up inside, ending a nighttime lull.
AP - Senate leaders agreed Monday that they would wait until June to take final action on a bipartisan plan to give millions of unlawful immigrants legal status.
AP - A Florida doctor was convicted Monday of providing material support to terrorists by agreeing to treat injured al-Qaida fighters so they could return to Iraq to battle Americans.
A senior Lebanese minister Monday asked friendly Western and Arab governments for money and military resources to help Lebanese forces battling members of an Islamic militant group with alleged ties to al Qaeda. The United Nations has been trying to negotiate a cease-fire so it can get aid to people caught in the crossfire, but so far without success.