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...potential harassers and perpetuators of gender inequity" who "live under a cloud of censure." Sommers cites studies showing that boys come to school less prepared than girls, do less homework and get suspended more often. "For males, there's no social currency in being a straight-A student," says Clifford Thornton, associate dean of admissions at Wesleyan University. Although the latest figures show that college graduates earn, on average, almost double the wages of those with no college, "there's a sense among many boys that it's sissy to go to college," says sociologist and author Michael Kimmel...
...potential harassers and perpetuators of gender inequity" who "live under a cloud of censure." Sommers cites studies showing that boys come to school less prepared than girls, do less homework and get suspended more often. "For males, there's no social currency in being a straight-A student," says Clifford Thornton, associate dean of admissions at Wesleyan University. Although the latest figures show that college graduates earn, on average, almost double the wages of those with no college, "there's a sense among many boys that it's sissy to go to college," says sociologist and author Michael Kimmel...
Joshua L. Viertel '01, who boasts a red car affectionately named Clifford, after the big red dog, finds it "very useful for going on adventures like backpacking in Vermont and New Hampshire, visiting relatives and friends or going to Chicago or New York...
...Thomas H. Lotze of Leverett House; Adam I. Arenson, Soman S. Chainani and Daryl Sng, who are all current Crimson executives, andJenny R.T. Chou and Alexander Marson of Lowell House; Alexander A. Guerrero, Tegan S. Shohet and Steven E. Stryer of Mather House; Kevan D. Choset and Erin R. Clifford of Pforzheimer House; Shelley Day, Karen Guo, Lucia R. Henderson, Adriana V. Karagiozova, Thomas S. Lue, Anna K. Piotrowska, Yi Qian, Kate T. Williamson and Andrew M. Wolfe of Quincy House; Simon W. Grote of Winthrop House...
Recent work by Rachel Perry Welty is on display at the Clifford-Smith Gallery, 450 Harrison Ave., Boston, through Nov. 25. For more information, call...