Princeton Review’s "The Best 377 Colleges" Features University of Puget Sound

TACOMA, Wash. ? University of Puget Sound has once again been named one of the country's best institutions for undergraduate education by The Princeton Review. The 2013 edition of the annual book The Best 377 Colleges (Random House/Princeton Review) also features Puget Sound in three ?Top 20? nationwide categories: Most Accessible Professors (#9); Best College Radio Station (#9); and Most Liberal Students (#18).

Only about 15 percent of America?s 2,500 four-year colleges (and three colleges outside the United States) are profiled in the educational services company?s flagship college guide.

The Princeton Review does not rank the colleges academically or from 1 to 377 in any category. ?Instead it rates each school on a measure of 60 to 99 in eight categories including: quality of life, ?green? campus, academics, accessible professors, interesting professors, fire safety, selectivity, and financial aid. Puget Sound rates highly overall and exceptionally (90-plus score) in the categories of academics, ?green? campus, interesting professors, accessible professors, and selectivity.

In addition the book includes rankings of ?Top 20? colleges in various categories. These lists are based on The Princeton Review's survey of 122,000 students attending the institutions (about 324 students per campus on average).

?We commend University of Puget Sound for its outstanding academics, which is the primary criteria for our selection of schools for the book,? said Robert Franek, The Princeton Review's senior vice president and author of The Best 377 Colleges. ?Our choices are based on institutional data we collect about schools, our visits to schools over the years, feedback we gather from students attending the schools, and the opinions of our staff and our 30-member National College Counselor Advisory Board.?

In the book?s profile of Puget Sound, students who filled in the survey questionnaire are quoted extensively, including comments such as:

?It?s small, so students have greater access to professors, and many professors are willing to work outside of class with students,? and ?All are genuinely passionate about their subjects and accessible for extra help or attention,? and ?they also expect a high quality of work from all the students.?

?There are a considerable amount of leadership opportunities,? and ?People love being outdoors, walking down to the waterfront ? taking bike rides, going to Mount Rainier.?

?Everybody here is a unique and exciting person, and we are all passionate about our diverse areas of study,? and ?I haven?t ever been in a place that is more accepting of all backgrounds.?

The Best 377 Colleges goes on sale Tuesday, August 21 in hard and e-book formats. The Princeton Review ranks colleges in the eight main categories based on institutional data collected from the schools during the 2011?12 academic year and/or its student survey. It explains the basis for each ranking list in the book at www.princetonreview.com/college/college-rankings.aspx.

The Princeton Review is an education services company known for its test-prep courses, tutoring, books, and other student resources. Headquartered in Framingham, Mass., the company is not affiliated with Princeton University.?

For more details about The Best 377 Colleges visit:? www.princetonreview.com

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Source: http://www.pugetsound.edu/news-and-events/campus-news/details/1052/

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Barrel 135, Williamsport, Japanese Photography, Figurative Painting

Converge Gallery and Barrel 135 are pleased to announce a showing of artwork by Misako Oba and Tina Yesenofski at Barrel 135. The work will hang from September 7 ? September 30, 2012. Barrel 135 is located at 135 West Fourth Street, Williamsport, Pa 17701.

About the Artists

Misako Oba?s work explores human life as a journey, and is a metaphor for our lives. It is both a deep examination of her soul and an exploration of universal experiences. In her work you will often find the contrast of darkness and light. It also depicts the beauty of life with its transient nature.

She has spent much of her career exploring these themes using photography including a traditional chemical process such as gelatin silver prints and toning. As she continues pursuing art, she has expanded to mixed-media painting, especially incorporating text, photographic images and encaustic that based on the individual concept of each series.

Tina Yesenofski?s portraits are about discovering insecurities in individuals, but presenting their bodies with such solidity that it glorifies them despite their weathered, awkward, androgynous, or sickly characteristics. She presents them in poses that are powerful rather than submissive, because the individuals she chooses tend to have an intense lust for life, despite their physical awkwardness.?Through her portraits, she investigates the ironic contrast between a decrepit outer shell and vivacity within.

Often, her portraits seem to diminish or skew the sexual attributes of the figures. By making the sexuality of the figures less apparent, she makes them less vulnerable to or available for stereotyping.?She wants to liberate these figures from society?s harsh criticism of their physical deformities and unconventional physical appearances.?By creating a beautiful drawing, or beautiful artwork based on an individual who does not conform to cultural notions of beauty, it becomes apparent that the individual is in fact quite deserving of rumination.

About Converge Gallery

Converge Gallery exhibits a variety of fine contemporary art (photography, paintings, mixed media, sculpture, installations and drawings). The gallery represents the talents of many artists local and non-native, emerging and established.? Based in historic downtown Williamsport, PA, Converge Gallery is located at 140 West Fourth Street. Gallery hours are Wednesday-Friday 11am-7pm and Saturday 11am-5pm. For more information, please call: 570-435-7080, or visit:www.convergegallery.com?or email:?casey@convergegallery.com?or?john@convergegallery.com

About Barrel 135

Barrel 135 offers a casual dining atmosphere. They are Williamsport?s gastro-pub serving great food, a good selection of beer and wine, and an extensive martini list. They are open for lunch Monday ? Friday 11:30-2pm, dinner Monday ? Saturday 5-10p, and bar hours Monday ? Saturday till 2am. For reservations call (570) 322-7131 or online at?http://www.barrel135.net/.

Source: http://centralpennartguide.com/barrel-135-japanese-photography-figurative-paintings

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Syrian forces strike Aleppo as West pressures Assad

Syrian forces blitzed areas in and around the northern city of Aleppo on Friday, activists said, as Western powers sought to tighten the screws on embattled President Bashar al-Assad.

France said it backed a partial no-fly zone over Syria, where the regime is intensifying its attacks from the air as it battles to stamp out rebel strongholds in Aleppo and pockets of resistance in the capital Damascus.

New envoy Lakhdar Brahimi was due to meet UN chief Ban Ki-moon later Friday on the 17-month conflict that has escalated from a peaceful uprising against Assad's rule into an increasing bloody civil war.

France and Germany said they are pushing for UN Security Council action on the humanitarian crisis as the number of refugees soars above 200,000, while over 2.5 million are in need of aid inside the country, according to the UN.

The West has ramped up the pressure as the fighting grinds bloodily on into its 18th month, with the United States and Britain warning Damascus of possible action if it resorts to its chemical weapons arsenal.

Syria's staunchest ally Iran meanwhile said it will submit a proposal for ending the conflict at a Non-Aligned Movement summit next week, saying it included "all parties" but gave no further details.

Activists reported heavy shelling by Syrian forces on several districts of Aleppo, scene of the fiercest fighting since the conflict first entangled the commercial and manufacturing hub a month ago.

Several houses were destroyed, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, also reporting a bombardment on the town of Aazaz to the north.

At least 50 unidentified bodies were also found shot dead in the last 24 hours, notably in Aleppo and Damascus, it said, amid proliferating reports of summary executions.

Rebels said they were digging in for a war of attrition in Aleppo, where the regime had warned last month of "the mother of all battles" for the city.

"We don't have enough weapons, they (the Syrian army) don't have enough men," said Abu Haidar, a rebel fighter in the southwestern Saif al-Dawla district.

Both the government and opposition forces say attacks on Aleppo province are aimed at cutting arms supply routes to the rebels in Syria's second city, once a thriving metropolis of 2.7 million people but now largely in ruins.

Rebels claimed earlier this week to control 60 percent of Aleppo but the regime has dismissed the claims and said Thursday the army had recaptured three Christian neighbourhoods, where residents are largely pro-Assad.

Amnesty International warned Thursday that civilians were facing "horrific" violence in Aleppo as the regime waged indiscriminate attacks.

A UN panel earlier this month said the regime was guilty of crimes against humanity during the conflict, while also holding the rebels to task for committing war crimes, although to a lesser extent.

Regime forces also pounded several areas of the largely rebel-held province of Idlib in the northwest, the Observatory said, while fierce fighting erupted between rebels and troops in the central province of Hama.

Government troops have also waged ferocious onslaughts on the southern outskirts of Damascus over the past two days in what activists said was a renewed bid to crush the insurgency in the capital "once and for all".

n Friday, activists reported that troops had stormed and shelled several areas including the town of Daraya which lies to the south of Damascus.

"Fear is everywhere," said a Damascus resident and anti-regime activist who gave her name as Samara.

A total of 149 people were killed on Thursday alone, including 14 children, the Observatory said.

Around 24,500 people have been killed since the uprising erupted in March last year -- with August already the bloodiest month, according to Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman.

The UN puts the death toll at more than 17,000.

The Local Coordination Committees, a large activist network, said meanwhile that prominent Syrian film producer Orwa Nyrabia had disappeared and was feared arrested, but its report could not be confirmed independently.

Amid a flurry of diplomatic moves on the crisis, France said it would consider backing a partial no-fly zone, a proposal being studied by Washington, although US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday it was "not on the frontburner right now."

French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian however warned that shutting all of Syria's air space would mean "going to war" and would require a willing international coalition that has not yet materialised.

Ahead of the Brahimi-Ban meeting, Syria's deputy foreign minister Faisal Muqdad said Damascus was ready to work with the new envoy and voiced hope he could pave the way for "national dialogue."

Another minister said this week the regime was "ready to discuss" Assad's departure as part of any negotiated solution but the West is insisting the man who has ruled Syria with an iron fist for 12 years must go now.

The Security Council has so far failed to agree how to tackle the crisis because of divisions between the West and Syria's traditional allies in Bejing and Moscow, and last weekend wrapped up its troubled observer mission.

Neighbouring Lebanon was rattled again Friday by new fighting between rival pro-and anti-Damascus communities in the northern port city of Tripoli, with 13 people killed since Monday, adding to fears of a spillover of the Syria conflict.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-forces-strike-aleppo-west-pressures-assad-081209927.html

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Market Design: Assisted dying: still illegal, still controversial

The death yesterday of a British advocate for medically assisted death for terminally ill patients brings back the debate about whether physician assisted suicide should always be a repugnant transaction.

Here's the BBC's story:?Right-to-die man Tony Nicklinson dead after refusing food

"Tony Nicklinson, a man with locked-in syndrome who fought for the right to legally end his life, has died.

"The 58-year-old was paralysed from the neck down after suffering a stroke in 2005 and described his life as a "living nightmare".

"Last week Mr Nicklinson, from Melksham, Wiltshire, lost his High Court case to allow doctors to end his life.

"Mr Nicklinson's family solicitor said that he had refused food from last week."
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Here's the NY Times: British Man Who Fought for Assisted Suicide Is Dead

"A 58-year-old British man suffering from so-called locked-in syndrome died on Wednesday, six days after the nation?s High Court rejected his request for help in ending his life. His death is certain to galvanize the already contentious debate about assisted suicide in Britain."
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And here's an article about the controversy, in favor of a change in the laws against assisted suicice, published a few days earlier (it appears): The case for assisted dying

"The case for a law to legalise the choice of physician-assisted dying for mentally competent people with terminal illness, who have expressed a settled wish to die, is very easily stated. Unbearable suffering, prolonged by medical care, and inflicted on a dying patient against their will, is an unequivocal evil. What?s more, the right to have your choices supported by others, to determine your own best interest, when you are of sound mind, is sovereign. And this is accepted by a steady 80-plus per cent of the UK population in successive surveys.

"Even so, after decades of campaigning, the law has yet to change. How can this be? The answer is simple: there has been a highly organised opposition by individuals and groups, largely with strong religious beliefs that forbid assistance to die. "

Source: http://marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2012/08/assisted-dying-still-illegal-still.html

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