Print Edition: 12/03/12
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Being ranked 133 on a list isn’t usually something to toot our horns about, but this time, being 133rd is a pretty big deal.
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“Dr. Lou” is coming to town — and boy, are we relieved.
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First of all, the iPad is designed to be personal, to be customized with apps tailored to its user’s needs. By the time someone checks out a tablet and downloads his or her favorite apps, they have to return it, to be wiped clean for the next user.Then consider the fact that 20 iPads isn’t nearly enough to satisfy demand for a student population of more than 30,000 — and adding 10 more is little more than a drop in the bucket. But that’s a $5,000 drop.And while SG insists the surveys say students are using them for academic purposes, we strongly doubt that students are checking them out as much to take notes as they are to FaceTime with friends. But there’s demand, they argue. Of course there’s demand. They’re cool; no one’s denying that. But what happens when iPads are no longer the hot item? The technology will soon be outdated, and the library will have spent thousands on 30 tablets left to gather dust on shelves.The bottom line: We don’t see this as a long-term investment in education. The funds could have expanded our library collection or made Thomas Cooper a better place for students to learn and study. Instead, they’re being put toward a short-sighted, $15,000 splurge on an idea that’s flawed at its core.
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As the final weeks of the semester sneak up on us, so do all of the annoying things that accompany the end of the school year: exam stress, papers and, of course, teacher evaluations.
But now, despite that history, we have something to celebrate. USC is one of 47 colleges and universities in the nation being honored for a commitment to diversity and inclusivity.
For USC students looking for something to do on weekends in our barren metropolis this winter, there might be a solution. The new ice skating rink, which opened on Thanksgiving Day, now sits conveniently on Main Street and is one of the more innovative ideas this city has had in a while.
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