Politics Thread

[UCGRAD4X]

Mexico will pay for it.

Nah - Greendland's going to pay us to take it. It's the art of the deal....duh!

[paulxu]

Does Greenland have a Man of the Year award?

[noteggs]

Ok if you want to keep corporate money out of federal elections or even reduce corporate influence, I’m all ears. However, this kind of stuff is really stupid and taking advantage of the uninformed...welcome to Twitter! Love following X and CBB stuff on Twitter but a lot the stuff is pure garbage!

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brief...to-trumps-2020

[XU 87]

I'm all in on buying Greenland

Maybe we could swap California for Greenland.

[bobbiemcgee]

...and drop nuclear bombs on hurricanes..

[scoscox]

I don’t know if this is political, but Xavier deciding that the SAT and ACT scores are no longer a requirement strikes me as kind of a cheap money grab. Can’t say I’m a fan of it. Maybe I’m not seeing it but it seems really bush league. Was this really a move that needed to be made? I mean it just looks bad

[Muskie in dayton]

I don’t know if this is political, but Xavier deciding that the SAT and ACT scores are no longer a requirement strikes me as kind of a cheap money grab. Can’t say I’m a fan of it. Maybe I’m not seeing it but it seems really bush league. Was this really a move that needed to be made? I mean it just looks bad

High school academic performance is a much better indicator of college performance than standardized tests. The only money grab is on the part of standardized test services and the places that teach kids how to beat the tests.

Great decision by X.

[Caf]

I don’t know if this is political, but Xavier deciding that the SAT and ACT scores are no longer a requirement strikes me as kind of a cheap money grab. Can’t say I’m a fan of it. Maybe I’m not seeing it but it seems really bush league. Was this really a move that needed to be made? I mean it just looks bad

How is it a money grab that looks bad?

[noteggs]

Wonder if trend has anything to do with the SAT scrapping their “Adversity Score?” Overall, I like the idea of putting the decision making process more into the schools.

[xudash]

I don’t know if this is political, but Xavier deciding that the SAT and ACT scores are no longer a requirement strikes me as kind of a cheap money grab. Can’t say I’m a fan of it. Maybe I’m not seeing it but it seems really bush league. Was this really a move that needed to be made? I mean it just looks bad

I was concerned about the optics behind this move at first as well, then I read up on it a little and came to the same conclusion as Muskie in Dayton.

What really sealed it for me was learning that the University of Chicago, among others, are on the same track.

I really think this is going to be a fantastic outcome for Xavier and it will have a beneficial side effect: puncturing some of the college rating services that come up with stupid outcomes.