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Berkeley’s “F”: Unfair admissions game.
Education Op-Ed
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
11.24.2003
John Moores, chairman of the University of California board of regents, recently ignited a firestorm of controversy when he released two reports on UC's admissions process. The reports found that students with low test scores were being admitted to UC Berkeley and that many such students dropped out. The conclusion is that UC is operating a racial-balancing scheme that isn't working.
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Costly Prescriptions
Health Care Op-Ed
By: Sally C. Pipes
11.19.2003
Everyone knows that prescription-drug costs are bankrupting American seniors — especially everyone in D.C. This is, after all, the premise driving the largest increase in Medicare since its 1964 birth — a prescription-drug benefit that promises to cost taxpayers at least $400 billion over the next decade. The only problem, it simply isn't true.
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California Needs Arnold To Be Real Action Hero
Business and Economics Op-Ed
By: Andrew M. Gloger
11.18.2003
Arnold Schwarzenegger has promised "action, action, action, action" as governor of California. With so many areas ripe for his attention, the key question is where to start.
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An Education Audit
Education Op-Ed
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
11.9.2003
Schwarzenegger has chosen Donna Arduin, Florida's budget director, to examine state spending (he also named her finance director). He has a mandate to clean house in Sacramento, and he may not have to wait for Arduin's results because a key state audit of education spending was released last week.
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It's a Spammer's World, After All
Technology Op-Ed
11.3.2003
For only $19.95 a month, one can join an online club populated by individuals who, as many believe, make up the seedy underbelly of the Internet. No, it's not a club for pornographers or hackers but a support group for spammers.
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