David Kane

Amsterdam, London

Music and Culture Writer at Freelance

Author: What Do You Call It? From Grassroots To The Golden Era of UK Rap. Out November 22nd via @velocitypress

Articles

How to Monitor Harvard's Admissions — Minding The Campus

1 week ago | mindingthecampus.org | David Kane

The federal government wants some changes at Harvard. The most dangerous request is:Merit-based admissions reform. Harvard must adopt and implement merit-based admissions policies; cease all preferences based on race, color, or national origin in admissions throughout its undergraduate, graduate, and other programs; and demonstrate through structural and personnel action that these changes are durable.
Embrace the Use of AI in Student Work — Minding The Campus

1 month ago | mindingthecampus.org | David Kane

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools like Grok, ChatGPT, Claude, et cetera will radically change student assignments and evaluation in college classes. I have already explained how AI means that students can no longer be forced to do the reading. How will college professors change in response? Consider some likely approaches. They can ignore AI because it does not really affect their approach to student evaluation.
Anastasia Potapova talks tennis divorce from Alexander Shevchenko

2 months ago | flipboard.com | David Kane

3 hours agoDutch rider Eekhoff suffered a terrifying crash in the final kilometer of stage three at the 2025 AlUla Tour. Dutch rider Nils Eekhoff suffered a horrific crash in the final kilometer of stage three at the AlUla Tour on Thursday. The 27-year-old Picnic PostNL rider was caught in a high-speed spill in …
Novak Djokovic boycotts on-court interview amid Channel 9 row at Australian Open

Jan 19, 2025 | flipboard.com | David Kane

5 easy houseplants to grow from cuttings — expert advice on increasing the greenery in your homeHouseplants have become increasingly popular over the past few years as more and more of us are filling our homes with natural foliage. Apart from …
Naomi Osaka confirms split from longtime partner Cordae, will co-parent daughter Shai

Jan 5, 2025 | flipboard.com | David Kane

NowTennessee tightened its grip on No. 1 in the AP Top 25 on Monday following a pair of lopsided wins, including one over SEC rival Arkansas, that left the Volunteers as the only undefeated team in men’s Division I college basketball. The Vols picked up four more first-place votes and had 45 of 60 from …
The pirate radio of TV: the story of Channel U

Nov 25, 2024 | djmag.com | David Kane

It is ironic that one of the world's best-known broadcasters attempted to imitate pirate radio when British rap music, and grime in particular, was crying out for a visual identity. A few homemade DVD boxsets were circulating—Lord of the Mics, Practice Hours, Risky Roadz—but very few copies were available nationwide.
Message for UATX Polaris Project: Build Now — Minding The Campus

Nov 4, 2024 | mindingthecampus.org | David Kane

zero comment The University of Austin (UATX) differs from other elite universities in several ways. Yet, on many of those dimensions, UATX is similar to other individual schools. The University of Chicago is just as committed to free expression. Caltech is just as dismissive of intercollegiate athletics. UATX’s Polaris Project, on the other hand, is like nothing at any other peer school, at least in its ambition.
Outsmarting AI: Can Professors Ensure Students Do the Reading? — Minding The Campus

Oct 29, 2024 | mindingthecampus.org | David Kane

zero comment I have always been contemptuous of professors who complain that their students aren’t doing the readings. It is easy to ensure that your students do the reading. Just cold-call them and ask basic questions about the content. My students read the first book of Plato’s Republic last week. Here are some of the questions I asked:Provide us with an overview of the dialogue, the setting, the participants, and so on. What was the central question?
Students Need Not Do the Readings, Ever Again — Minding The Campus

Oct 29, 2024 | mindingthecampus.org | David Kane

zero comment I have always been contemptuous of professors who complain that their students aren’t doing the readings. It is easy to ensure that your students do the reading. Just cold-call them and ask basic questions about the content. My students read the first book of Plato’s Republic last week. Here are some of the questions I asked:Provide us with an overview of the dialogue, the setting, the participants, and so on. What was the central question?
Casper Ruud, Holger Rune channel inner Vikings for Nordic Battle exhibition series

Oct 28, 2024 | flipboard.com | David Kane

Young Guns Jack Draper and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard Go For It In Vienna and BaselThe Big Three ruled men’s tennis for so long (over two decades) that by the end of their reign the sport had become a virtual gerontocracy, with …