Rather than telling ourselves that we have to “catch up” to some imagined goal of normalized AI use in higher education, Columbia should take advantage of its prominence as a university to propose something better, like classrooms free of screens, oral examinations, and an end to slippery, relativistic standards on AI use from university administrators. Our response to AI is an opportunity to distinguish Columbia as a reservation where minds are developed without the crutch of a chatbot. As incoming University President Mnookin begins to navigate Columbia’s many financial and political threats, she should reassert the true value of a liberal arts education: learning for learning’s sake
The administrators might have been conned by the AI hucksters, but the students, my friends, are all right.
(The author is a history and economics major, I'll note.)
www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2026...
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Next Super Bowl Halftime Show: K-pop!!
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Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
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YouTube video by Seth Moulton
ICE is full of COWARDS. They are all absolute, pathetic, untrained COWARDS. DEFUND AND PROSECUTE.
holy crap youtube.com/shorts/hyqtA...
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
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Here’s the report from KARE. The boy is five-year-old Liam Ramos.
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Sunday, at least 7 ICE agents stormed a house and took an elderly man out into the freezing cold, wearing only his underwear and a blanket.
He was a member of the Hmong community, which came to the area from Laos in the 1970s after siding with the US in the Vietnam War.
Notice the suppressors
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No amount of gaslighting will convince sane and rational Americans that we didn’t see what we saw on January 6, 2021.
Let’s cut through some of the bullshit and lies…
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ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
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Amen.
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Just so frustrating.
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Thank you so much for posting your articles on Bluesky!
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Motherfucking wind farms…
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Thank you very much for the update.
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🙄
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Very frustrating.
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I am frustrated with the word "frustrated."
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Is it possible that it is a coaching problem if they are so consistently bad at fundamentals?
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Is Panda available?
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What is going on… JH missing a routine fly ball… Was he distracted by Ramos?! What an absolute mess…
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What Kelvin timeline?
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Greg Papa was right…
Giants Baseball: Nothing At All…
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Why is Professor Wotus on TV instead of managing this team?
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What is wrong with Devers…?!
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Giants Baseball: Nothing Like It… Well…
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YouTube video by MLB Vault
All 35 of Barry Bonds' Splash Hits into McCovey Cove!
I have to watch this just now to stay sane...
youtu.be/J7w4t-Hudhg?...
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The Iran Nuclear Debacle
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