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Fewer than 1% of elementary-school teachers are black men. And principals want more of them as role models for inner-city schoolchildren. So schools of education are ratcheting up their efforts to fill the need. At three historically black colleges in South Carolina--Claflin, Benedict and Morris--male freshmen who commit to teaching for four years in the state receive full scholarships. The model was developed by researchers at Clemson University and will be expanded to other historically black schools...
...melding of musical styles so popular in modern rock occurs here: straight-up three-chord rock is the name of the game. When done well, as in the tight, focused first single, "Telescope," the standard guitar-bass-drum combination still retains the feel of energy unleashed. Singer Will Claflin also acquits himself well, with a hard-edged voice and decent enunciation, something all too often forgotten in the genre...
...Protectors: Stop Aging Now, a 500-page compendium edited by Edward Claflin (Rodale), gives a dozen "stop-time tactics" to push back the clock, such as lists of "superfoods" to eat (broccoli and kidney beans) and exercise tips (do the aerobically beneficial waltz rather than the stand-in-one-place Macarena). The book is full of realistic dietary tricks that add up to many forgone calories. For example, "beware of gourmet cappuccinos and mochaccinos made with full-fat milk." Ask for skim milk instead, and you'll never notice the difference. And put fruits and veggies at eye level...
...convince my close personal friend Missy De Claflin '94 to cue me in on the location of the top secret Bee Club building. The Prospect of female final club on campus has always appealed to me; like most other ethnic nouveau riche types, my fondest fantasies in volve being fedgrain alcohol and molested by a horde of rich, WASPy field hockey players. I arrived at the Bee with my nicest Brooks Brothers tie and my biggest lacrosse stick. But these women final clubs are really going to have to learn something about good hostessing if they want to corral...
...should] respect each in his individuality," moderator Robert D. Claflin '68 began, saying that the symposium was intended not to discuss the morality or immorality of the Vietnam War but "the choices we made...