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1790 – The first United States Census is conducted.1776 – The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.1610 – During Henry Hudson’s search for the Northwest Passage, he sails into what is now known as Hudson Bay.Stuff that happened on August 2 includes: The world death toll now stands at 685,187, an increase of about 6000 deaths from yesterday. is 154,909, an increase of about 1000 deaths over yesterday’s report. What’s the point of being on campus otherwise, and you can’t even fraternize much with your fellow students.įinally, today’s reported Covid-19 death toll in the U.S.

(I do, however do Skype sessions with high school and college classes who have used my book to learn evolution.) If I were a college student and my school (like Harvard) offered only virtual classes, I’d take a gap year. It’s not the kind of “performance” that I enjoy while lecturing. I, for one, would never teach virtually, and I always reject pandemic-related requests to give virtual lectures. There is a place for virtual learning, but to imply, as does Bruni, that this might be “the future of higher education” is to devalue the in-person learning that has made America’s universities some of the best in the world.

In an op-ed in today’s NYT, Frank Bruni tries to turn a necessity into a virtue, touting the “successes” of a start-up college, Minerva College, where all classes are virtual. Portions will be livestreamed, but of course reporters won’t be onsite to interview people. The excuse is that the coronavirus limits attendance. It’s the GOP convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, of course. News of the Day: For the first time in modern American history, a Presidential convention will be closed to the press.

Sadly, they’re not available outside the Western U.S.: Forget about Rice-A-Roni: this is the real San Francisco treat. Here are America’s best commercial ice cream sandwiches: It’s-It: two oatmeal cookies with a thick layer of vanilla ice cream between them, the whole shebang covered with chocolate. It’s also Dinosaurs Day, Friendship Day, Sisters’ Day, and Roma Holocaust Memorial Day (on this day in 1944, nearly 3,000 Roma were killed in Auschwitz. It’s Sunday, August 2, 2020, National Ice Cream Sandwich Day.