The university, however, emphasizes that "at interview they compete on merit alongside everyone else".
Along the way he notched his 6,000th Test run, at about the same time that it was announced he had been made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit alongside Hesson.
But we think there is a more profound question that merits consideration alongside this debate: are constitutional courts a boon or a threat to the project of maintaining a democracy?
While Internet Gaming Disorder is only listed in the appendix of the the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), many argue it merits inclusion alongside other addictions.
Kito's got some tunes of her own that merit contention alongside those dubstep classics.
In the past several decades the method has expanded beyond intellectual curiousity, now meriting consideration alongside the other more traditional empirical approaches used in economics.
Now the editorial is more timely, even featuring a debate on the merits of the Turner Prize, alongside serious looks at men's issues.
There are clear musical merits, too: Jason Williamson's verbal ejections alongside Andrew Fearn's sparse, bludgeoning bass make for an unsettling presence amid the Maccabees and Mumfords of modern rock.
For Reece Cowlinshaw, a master's student in journalism, war and international human rights at the University of Lincoln, "the merits of studying law at university alongside another subject, particularly within a specialism, are unparalleled".
The phrase "total information awareness" is creepy enough to merit a place alongside "USA Patriot Act" and "Department of Homeland Security," but it is not the Information Awareness Office's only gift to the language.
