January 20, 2009 (vol. 119, iss. 76) • Page Image 4
… blank stares. is proficient in Arabic. The second response times, we give ourselves Here's a tip: on the first day of class, has lived in both Egypt and Israel the ability to say no to students who…
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… articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors. FROM T HE DAILY Service comes first Students should give back to the community year-round Yesterday, the nation honored the legacy of…
… community service to one day a year..All peo- ple, especially the students who worked tirelessly to elect Barack Obama, should transition their efforts to activism and work toward a better community. King…
…. Students believed in the good that an Obama presi- dency could do for the nation, and they volunteered their time and energy to help elect him. Now that these efforts have been suc- cessful, the…
… honor King's call to make the country a better place for everyone. But we don't need to wait for next January to start vol- unteering again. Students must channel the spirit of activism that propelled…
…-language proficiency. boundaries between us and our stu- er difficult office hours meet- Department training sessions often dents. ing, a student told me that I are a term-long course. In addition, This focus is…
… important to under- wasn't qualified to any GSI who grades an upper-level stand. Because GSIs are students s teach political sci- writing course or teaches introducto- well, are close to the age of under…
…- ence because I was ry writing must go through semester- graduates and are something of a earning a Ph.D. in long training courses at the Center middleman between students and English. for Learning…
… political science. This par- organizers before they came to grad m ight surprise you. ticular student had school, which has influenced how definitely earned they think and teach about politi- the C- grade…

