foxboroliving

1. How excited were you when Indy drafted you, having already built a rapport with Luck?
2. What's your favorite non-football memory of Stanford?

I am attending a public university because I could not afford to pay for the nice private schools. My family is comfortable, but not comfortable enough to pay upwards of 50k/year for undergraduate education. Student loans are crippling, and neither my family nor I were interested in being saddled with them. I am a Political Science major, will graduate with honors in the top 5% of my class, and will have to pursue some sort of graduate degree if I want to do anything career wise.

Do you think the loans are worth it for liberal arts/humanities/etc majors when it is almost a requirement to receive some sort of education after undergrad? What advantages do private schools like Colgate hold over public schools? Is it just networking?

I believe the abuse of the filibuster is the single biggest reason for the Senatorial gridlock we saw in the 112th Congress. Do you think it is at all possible for change to come from within the Senate, as the newly elected Elizabeth Warren has promised to do? Or, rather, do you think that it must come from the outside due to the corrupting and paternalistic nature of the Senate?

Additionally, the Constitution was drafted in response to the failures of the Articles of Confederation, which demanded a supermajority in order to pass legislation. The evolution of Congress has seen it turn into a body that requires a super-majority vote. Although it is not explicitly stated in the Constitution, I believe this evolution has turned the Senate into an unconstitutional body. Do you think this line of thinking holds any weight? I'm about to start work on an independent study with Professor Joseph Ellis on the history and future of the Senate filibuster, and I'd really like your opinion on whether or not this would be a valid track to follow!

The school-to-prison pipeline is a very real thing. I am a teacher in an urban school and most of what we do is (both unspoken and spoken) going to lead students to the penitentiary system. Excessive suspensions, as well as the police force in schools, are two indicators of this phenomenon. It isn't so common in affluent, (typically) white areas, where many Redditors are from, but I promise you it is real.