Word: exam
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Museum of Fine Arts; Thursday, Friday and Sunday afternoons and evenings; lectures, gallery and garden tours and jazz series are also offered; museum open Tuesday to Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.). Pretentious, yes, but these soundscapes will soothe the mind, especially since there is no final exam...
...doorstep (or doesn't, in the case of this year, so I read it on the Web), I read it cover to cover, pen in hand, marking a complex pattern of courses and their relative rank in my mind. I create a database which I sort by semester, exam group, Core, concentration or elective credit, of literally hundreds of courses. I boil down to a final list that numbers in the teens and hit the ground running during shopping period, optimizing the perfect schedule--if often through a good amount of academic existential crisis...
...something you'll find by taking the Crimson Key tour or joining every club at the activities fair. It might catch you off-guard one night walking across the Yard late at night, or perhaps as you sit in the library studying for the 18th hour for your exam the next morning...
...parents send their children off to start a new school year with great expectations. They look forward to seeing the confidence that comes with mastering a skill, acing a tough exam and making new friends. Most of all, though, and especially this year, they hope their children are safe. After last spring's tragedy at Columbine and the several bomb threats and shootings since, safety is at the top of the nation's education agenda. Says Pamela Riley, director of the Center for the Prevention of School Violence: "Schools can no longer assume safety. They must plan for safety...
...better movie. Teaching Mrs. Tingle, a revenge comedy from Kevin Williamson, sets up a battle between twisted Mrs. T (Helen Mirren, the British classical actress who is in way under her head here) and sweet, studious Leigh Ann (Katie Holmes). When Tingle threatens to frame her for stealing an exam, Leigh Ann counts on two pals to bail her out: her best friend (Marisa Coughlan, quite funny as a carefully histrionic tyro actress) and the Depp-ish, droolworthy class rebel (Barry Watson). Before you can say oops, they have Tingle trussed to her bedposts and, the kids think, in their...