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...ever wondered what it's like to be the most famous person at your high school reunion, it's awesome. You don't have to awkwardly walk up to anyone, because all the pretty girls and cool guys awkwardly walk up to you and tell you that their tenuous connection to you makes them proud. Sure, they're referring not to your journalism career but to the fact that they saw you on E! at the gym with the sound turned off, but after a few Coors Lights, this does not bother you at all. The only downside is that...
...differ. Andre DiMino, president of UNICO, the national Italian-American service organization, objects to the term, whether it's self-described or not. He told the New Jersey Star-Ledger: "It's a derogatory comment. It's a pejorative word to depict an uncool Italian who tries to act cool." But is it a generational pejorative? Do younger Americans of Italian descent have a different relationship to the G word? According to Donald Tricarico, a sociology professor at City University of New York/Queensborough, "Guido is a slur, but Italian kids have embraced it just as black kids have embraced...
...myself as part of a movement both on campus and in the larger sphere of society that says sex can be talked about,” Smith says. “We need to talk about sex and have a culture where it’s cool to talk about sex, how to have sex better, how to have sex differently, and how to be kinky...
...supervising professors twice a week. “It’s a lot of trial and error,” said Brito. “It was frustrating and stressful, and some days you just don’t feel like doing the work. But it feels cool to have your name on a theorem...
...It’s cool getting food in insane quantities, and it’s about 50 percent cheaper than retail,” Rojer said...