Secret files detail clergy abuse at Santa Barbara boarding school
After court battle, papers are released regarding accusations of sexual abuse of children at the Franciscans' St. Anthony Seminary.
Robert Van Handel remembered the boy as about 9 years old, tan, effeminate."Now that I think back on it, he was probably the most beautiful child that I molested," Van Handel wrote to a therapist.
Mother shocked by daughter's alleged murder plot against her
Angelica Aquirre of Hesperia says she recently became tougher with her rebellious daughter. Then the 13-year-old plotted to kill her, police say.
Negative equity remains a drag on housing market
Nearly 1 in 3 homeowners with a mortgage in L.A. County owes more than the property is worth, new data show. These underwater loans hinder mobility and hurt prices because they tend to stymie the important move-up market.
Myrtle Beach PTO treasurer arrested after funds missing
The treasurer of a Myrtle Beach parent-teacher organization was arrested last week on charges she took money from the PTO’s account, according to a report from the Myrtle Beach Police Department.Julie Allen Herndon, 35, was charged May 15 at the police department with breach of trust with the value greater than $10,000, the report said. She was released on a $10,000 personal recognizance bond.
Teal Britton, spokeswoman for Horry County Schools, said parent-teacher groups are independent organizations that support school initiatives and have their own officers, accounts and national affiliations.
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A College Bubble So Big Even The New York Times And 60 Minutes Can See It...Sort Of
Vivek Wadhwa (Image via CrunchBase)
Wadhwa argues that U.S. colleges and universities are the best in the world. Maybe that’s true, but so what? U.S. homes were probably the best in the world too, but that doesn’t mean that we had no bubble. U.S. tech firms in the late 90s were the best in the world, but that didn’t mean they were reasonably valued. Bubble-ness is a factor of quality AND PRICE. The point is that there is no asset of such great quality that it is a good buy no matter how high the price goes. A college diploma is no exception to that rule.
Furthermore, there has been a severe contraction in the quality of higher education in America. Did we really think we could open the floodgates and not affect the quality of graduates? Can you turn college into the new high school, and not get high school-like results? Grade inflation will only keep the problem concealed for so long before the general public becomes aware that outside of a few highly challenging programs and majors, the quality of American higher education is plummeting. Graduates are mastering fewer facts, can’t think critically about the facts they have mastered, and can’t express whatever ideas they have mastered in clear, cogent, grammatically correct sentences. Employers already know this.
The final straw Wadhwa grasps at is the idea of socialization. He argues (I am not joking) that partying is a valuable part of the college experience because it teaches students interpersonal skills. Whah? Look, it’s fun to party, I’ll give you that. But it is a consumption good, not an investment, and anybody who says otherwise has perhaps partied just a little too much.
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