One in four lap-dancers have degrees. Photograph: Chris Rout/Alamy Earlier in the summer there were rumblings of rage at the recent trend towards educating half the population to degree level. This expansion appears to have spawned the disagreeable but predictable consequence that university qualifications have been devalued. Then, more recently, the news that one in [...]
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Big Ten Splits Up Ohio State and Michigan
AP In this Nov. 21, 2009 file photo, Ohio State running back Dan Herron (1) scores a touchdown on a 12-yard reception as the Michigan defense chases during the third quarter of an NCAA college football game in Ann Arbor, Mich. Any Michigan man will tell you, there is nothing quite like beating Ohio State. [...]
Bench-Clearing Brawl During Marlins Win Over Nationals
AP Sept. 1: Florida Marlins and Washington Nationals players fall to the ground during a brawl in the sixth inning of a baseball game in Miami. MIAMI — Nyjer Morgan charged the mound after a pitch sailed behind him, triggering a bench-clearing brawl Wednesday night during the Florida Marlins’ 16-10 win over the Washington Nationals. [...]
Scott Pilgrim vs The World
Scott Pilgrim vs The World … Edgar Wright would surely approve Anyone familiar with Edgar Wright’s oeuvre (and especially Spaced) can’t have failed to notice the director of Scott Pilgrim vs The World is a major-league video game obsessive, and the film itself rams that point home. Happily, this is not the usual game-as-merchandising tat [...]
