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...Skepticism was finally assuaged after then Harvard President Nathan Pusey '?? visited Rothko. A keen-minded Yale dropout, Rothko facilely picked up on Pusey's religious interests and proceeded to affix the Passion of Jesus to the murals--the darker ochres of Panels #1-3 (the triptych) were the colors of Good Friday and the Last Supper, while the brighter magenta pink of Panel #5 was representative of the Resurrection. Pusey, thoroughly impressed by Rothko's analysis and enthusiasm, advised the Corporation to vote for the murals' installment...
SENTENCED. AARON MCKINNEY, 22, high school dropout; to two consecutive life sentences without parole; for the 1998 murder, kidnapping and robbery of gay college student Matthew Shepard; in Laramie, Wyo. Matthew's parents--who interceded as the jury began to deliberate--spared him the death penalty in exchange for his promise never to appeal...
...other preoccupation, keeping students in school, the teachers know how much pressure the administration is under. Last year Webster Groves received $150,000 in extra funds from Missouri's A-Plus program, whose top goal is to reduce the dropout rate. Webster's rate has declined from 3.9% to 1.3% over the past five years, but needs to stay down to keep the state funds flowing. So the school has compiled a list of 150 students considered highly "at risk" of quitting, and is targeting them for extra attention. Everyone agrees that this effort is admirable--and necessary, given...
...first teen parenting programs in the country. "It was first and foremost a dropout prevention initiative," says Betsy Bard, adolescent parenting program clinician. "The number one reason why women drop out is because they have no emotional support or day care...
...assault and humiliating treatment which went far beyond any need to toughen, strengthen or acclimate plaintiff to the rigors of military discipline." The academy maintains that the women were hazed no harder than average students, and points to the success of the two female graduates and the 15 percent dropout rate of the entering class in 1996. But Mentavlos?s lawyer, Dick Harpootlian, contends that the treatment she received was gender-specific, such as having her shirt set on fire so cadets could see her bra and having nail polish smeared on her body. "This is uncharted territory in gender...