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• New MCAT could add 'cultural sensitivity' focus to the test

  Rebecca D. Robbins - Harvard Crimson •April 11, 2011

  Recently proposed changes to the MCAT could result in a longer and more comprehensive version of the test, to be released in 2015.

• Stanford students support ROTC return

  College Fix Staff •April 11, 2011

  While a plurality of students supported the return of ROTC in the vote, if the abstention votes are not taken into account, support for ROTC carried 72.1 percent of the vote.

• SFPA Morning Links: Senator criticizes Rutgers for paying Snooki more than Toni Morrison

  Robby Soave - Assistant Editor •April 11, 2011

  Only 9% of first-year students' research papers are adequately sourced, study finds.

• Should students be forced to subsidize the New York Times?

  Graham Kozak - Fix Contributor •April 8, 2011

  To be brutally honest: the vast majority of students who read newspapers, whether national dailies or campus publications, do so for cheap or free entertainment, not information.

• Mt. Holyoke pres. compares mural flap to totalitarianism

  Bryan Ens - SFPA Member •April 8, 2011

  Maine Gov. Paul LePage has taken a lot of heat for his decision to remove a mural from a government building—including being compared to a totalitarian regime by a college president.

• In times of crisis…Obama campaigns on Facebook

  Dartmouth Review Staff •April 8, 2011

  President Obama will conduct a streaming interview, town-hall-style, through Facebook.