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Final Ivy Folds As Columbia University Abandons Test-Optional Admissions Policy
Final Ivy Folds As Columbia University Abandons Test-Optional Admissions Policy
More than three years after adopting test-optional admissions, Columbia University is reversing course and will once again require standardized test scores from prospective students.
Columbia announced on June 13 that, beginning in fall 2027, first-year and transfer applicants will have to submit either SAT or ACT scores to be considered for admission. The university will remain test-optional for the upcoming 2026–27 admissions cycle.
University officials said the decision follows a “multiyear faculty review” that found “test scores, among other factors, were a...
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Jul 16, 2026 / Tyler Durden
The Odyssey Hullabaloo
The Odyssey Hullabaloo
Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness,
Acclaimed British filmmaker Christopher Nolan's (The Dark Knight, Oppenheimer) newest film, The Odyssey, opens this week in the United States.
But controversy has already surrounded Nolan's adaptation of Homer's 2,700-year-old epic poem about Odysseus's 10-year struggle to return home after the Achaian victory in the decade-long Trojan War.
Some of the film's actresses have suggested that Nolan is offering a more feminist - and long-overdue - take on the ancient poem. Actress Lupita Nyong'o, in particular, has criticized Homer's purported sexism.
Perhaps her...
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Sep 8, 2026 / Dave DeCamp
Ansar Allah Launches Major Attack Across Southwestern Saudi Arabia, Setting Oil Sites Ablaze and Wounding Dozens
Yemen’s Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthis, launched major missile and drone attacks targeting mainly energy sites across southwestern Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, setting oil facilities on fire and injuring dozens of people, as the war between the two sides continues to escalate. Ansar Allah military spokesman said the attack came after Saudi Arabia […]
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Jul 30, 2026 / Dave DeCamp
US Strike on Home in Iran’s Qeshm Kills Father, Mother, and Their Two-Year-Old Child: Iranian Media
An overnight US strike on Iran’s Qeshm Island hit a residential building, killing a couple and their two-year-old child, Iranian media has reported. According to Iran’s PressTV, Ahmad Nafisi, a deputy governor of Iran’s Hormuzgan Province, said that two other children from the family were rescued from the rubble. He said that the rescue operations […]
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