Keeping Class Attendance – Lazy Professors No. 2

To expound on my lazy professor theory, I’m going to take just a little time to pick on classes that require/maintain a roster of attendance. 
I think everyone should go to class. After all, that’s why we’re here. I can read books on my own; I pay so much to hear the professor lecture and to [...]

Get Rid of College Aid

I have a theory about college: way too many people go. 
This isn’t my theory; it’s actually Charles Murray’s theory. But I’m going to write about it anyhow, because while we’re worrying about government screwing up incentives in the financial sector and health care, we should remember how well they’ve done with education.
I recently applied for [...]

Lock Up the Professors!

I often get frustrated with the Army because like all command and control structures, the Army cannot avoid, and often makes no effort to avoid, inefficiency. Even if everyone agrees there is a better way that makes no one worse off, inertia keeps inefficiency in place. We’re an organization that uses command and control in [...]

To My Professor – "Come Out of the Closet!"

How fun would it be to be right if no one were ever wrong?
At least that’s how I get through my Argumentation class. I have to take it, because all Arts and Sciences students have to take a “writing intensive” course during their junior or senior years. Naturally, since everyone has to take the course, [...]

Diversity – It Runs Both Ways

I made the mistake of reading StudLife, our campus newspaper. They refuse to publish my articles, because I do not meet their rigorous standards for journalistic excellence. Consider excerpts from the following article:

In response to a reaccreditation report calling for an improved level of diversity on the Washington University campus, the University has formed the [...]