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...those who commit their time to it--teachers, producers and CityStep students alike--CityStep is able to give back a great experience and serve a great cause. This is all because of the support and money raised from the Benefit Ball. We want to take this occasion to explain where the proceeds go and who they help...
Most people are not fortunate enough to explore performance arts until high school. With CityStep, students are exposed to performance at an earlier age as a part of their school curriculum. In the second year, CityStep students are asked to commit their free time to develop more skills after school. With this greater commitment, CityStep is able to teach a higher level of dance and performance. CityStep seeks to open the minds of its students to physical expression and teamwork without pressuring them for a perfect performance...
...about it from classmates. On Thursday morning the suspects, and those thought to know about their plans, were interviewed, and their parents were brought in. The four arrested youths were charged with such offenses as inciting violence, aggravated menacing and ethnic intimidation. One was also charged with conspiracy to commit aggravated murder; another checked into a medical center for psychiatric evaluation. All told, 11 students were suspended. At a press conference on Friday, Cleveland Mayor Michael White said, "There is going to be a zero tolerance to any child bringing violence into a school." Parents and lawyers for the suspects...
...with lung cancer, say, might undergo gene therapy, breathing in genetically altered cold viruses that don't cause infection but instead act as miniature delivery vans carrying copies of the p53 gene. Good copies of this gene, which is mutated in many cancers, can force some cancer cells to commit suicide. The effects of p53 could be bolstered with antibodies that slow tumors by attaching to the surface of cancer cells and gumming up their ability to take over the body's growth factors, the specialized proteins that promote cell reproduction...
...interviews, however, she seems hesitant to make the fitness commitment. When I challenge her about her reluctance to commit, she gives me the real reason for the misgivings. "It's just so hard because of the timing. I mean for the next month a half, I'm playing Fed Cup in California, and then I go to Japan for two weeks and then to Switzerland, Russia, and Austria. To make major improvements, I really need to put in the time, but I don't want to say no to anybody when it comes to playing. Too many contractual commitments...