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Midterms useful to assess progress Sony Barari attempts to generalize based on very limited experience (“Midterms useless; one test is enough,” Daily Bruin, Feb. 15). My experience ““ 55 years of teaching and more than 20,000 students ““ has led me to conclude that, properly designed, midterms can provide the following four valuable learning experiences to students: 1. Read more...

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  Doug Lief Lief is a fourth-year English student whose Social Security is going to replenish Bush’s endless supply of red ties. Contact him at [email protected]. Read more...

Burke is a third-year political science and English student. By David Burke The last ten days of my academic life were every student’s worse nightmare. Not only did I have two midterms that counted for a significant portion of my grade, but I also wrote two lengthy papers, took a quiz, did a journal assignment, and read what amounted to over 500 pages (about a less than ideal subject: Dark Age state building). Read more...

EDITORIAL BOARD Editor in Chief  Timothy Kudo Managing Editor  Michael Falcone Viewpoint Editor  Cuauhtemoc Ortega Staff Representatives  Maegan Carberry  Edward Chiao  Kelly Rayburn Editorial Board Assistants  Maegan Carberry  Edward Chiao   Unsigned editorials represent a majority opinion of the Daily Bruin Editorial Board. Read more...

EDITORIAL BOARD Editor in Chief  Timothy Kudo Managing Editor  Michael Falcone Viewpoint Editor  Cuauhtemoc Ortega Staff Representatives  Maegan Carberry  Edward Chiao  Kelly Rayburn Editorial Board Assistants  Maegan Carberry  Edward Chiao   Unsigned editorials represent a majority opinion of the Daily Bruin Editorial Board. Read more...