Michael Thaddeus a math professor takes an interest and devotes an enormous amount of time to figuring out how much to the extent to which his institution cheats right no one else is checking so right away we have a suspicion there may be more cheating going on. How many of these obsessive devoted math professors out there are there who the motivation to look? If us news claims to verify validity of data they collect then they're liable in the case of fraud. They very clearly say we don't check anything yeah it's on you but columbia only gets cock as this guy Michael Thaddeus says.
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