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With the finish line of a bruising, interminable presidential race in sight, there aren't too many things Republicans and Democrats still agree on. But cute - and wildly talented - kids are one of them, and the seventh-graders at Atlanta's Ron Clark Academy certainly qualify. Their paean to the political process, "You Can Vote However You Like," inspired by rapper T.I.'s hit "Whatever You Like," has swept across the Internet over the past few days, amassing nearly 300,000 hits on YouTube and booking them upcoming appearances on ABC's Good Morning America and BET's 106 & Park...
...Clark says he founded the school with money from his Oprah-featured New York Times-bestselling education manifesto, The Essential 55. Thanks to sponsors like Delta, the academy is able to send its 120 students - who range from fifth to eighth grade and attend largely on scholarship - on trips to six continents by the time they graduate, as part of a curriculum that emphasizes world affairs. He says given their interest in current events, getting the 30 seventh-graders to express their interest in politics through song was easy. "When you use music, kids get excited," he says...
...shows. Clark says his kids wrote the lyrics and choreographed the dance for "You Can Vote However You Like" on their own, and practiced for only a few days. Their rap, in which half the group extols McCain's merits while the other half backs Obama, shows a savvy grasp of the campaign's messages. A pro-McCain verse...
...Fucito each had a goal and an assist to lead the Crimson, which now holds a 5-0 record at home and sits atop the Ivy League.“Right now you have to get results. And we got a good result today,” coach Jamie Clark said.Harvard got off to a sluggish start in the first half, failing to muster much pressure on the Providence side of the pitch. “We just came off a pretty hard game against Princeton; it’s a midweek game—it’s hard...
...defense has been really stepping up since Ivy play started, and they did it again Saturday,” Akpan said. “One of our biggest problems in the last few years has been a lack of organization at the back, and I think what Coach [Jamie] Clark has done is get the back to really understand each other. We have one of the most athletic back lines in the country, and when we are not giving up anything we can really get our counter-attack going.” That is exactly how the Crimson opened...