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...Harpaul teaches us anything, it’s that there’s no conventional path to class super-stardom. Originally a member of the Class of 2002, Harpaul managed to establish himself as an ’03-er with considerable ease after taking time off. Moving effortlessly between social groups, this Catholic Students Association office-bearer is also heavily involved with Hillel and says he “consciously tries to cultivate friendships with people in other religious groups.” Although Harpaul is a Math and Philosophy concentrator who has “taken more literature...
...gift, you're particularly offended if other people don't treat you that way. So you lash out or commit crimes or cut ethical corners to reassert your pre-eminence. After all, who are your moral inferiors to suggest that you could be doing something, er, wrong? What do they know...
...group of flaky fashion types. This involved a few frantic phone calls to pet shops until finally I was put in contact with a starry-eyed rabbit breeder (surely the world’s easiest job) willing to do anything for “the Vogue-er.” My explanation of the difficulties of working with animals, however, did little to assuage the irate boutique owner, who was sweet-talked only with the promise of a promotional push in the next issue...
...Starbucks bug has bitten Shanghai, but head instead to the Old China Hand Reading Room, a pleasant library cum caféopened by a local photographer. Try the java with slices of thick buttered toast or go local and sip fragrant rose-bud tea. 27 Shaoxing Road, near Ruijin Er Road...
...Donna Newman's day to serve as a public defender at the federal courthouse for the southern district of New York. For lawyers in private practice like Newman, 54, it's the legal equivalent of being an on-call trauma surgeon at the local ER: if somebody needs a lawyer, she is it. "All I knew was, I had this assignment," she says, "and I had to come in that day." As it turned out, on May 15 somebody needed a lawyer very badly indeed. That was the day that Jose Padilla--former Chicago gang member, alleged would-be dirty...