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...Manager Dawn Murdock said that the group exercise programs offer multiple advantages to people of all types of fitness. “Most people, if they work out on their own, are not internally motivated,” Murdock said. “Most people are motivated by external factors??whether it’s looking good, doing something socially with friends, music—and a group exercise program offers all those things, as well as an instructor who knows what they’re doing to coach you through that hour.” Simmons also...

Author: By Parag K. Gupta, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Student Kicks Off Mornings With Exercise | 10/31/2005 | See Source »

...more pronounced in public schools and schools whose student body is less than 20 percent African American. At the same time, the phenomenon is essentially non-existent among black students in primarily black schools, as well as among black students attending private schools. Fryer noted that other factors??such as under-funding, differences in teaching quality, and disparities in parent-teacher interaction—probably explain the differences in overall performance among the nation’s schools...

Author: By Daniel J. T. Schuker, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Study Explores ‘Acting White’ | 7/1/2005 | See Source »

...potential insights from different disciplines, to identify and understand all the various factors that might possibly bear on the situation.” What Summers inadvertently called for was the expansion of WGS—the interdisciplinary concentration that allows for rigorous inquiry into the “various factors?? explaining women’s under-representation on university faculties...

Author: By Asya Troychansky, | Title: A Neglected Department | 2/8/2005 | See Source »

However, Jeunet’s very long holdup was due to several factors??namely a lack of money and inability to find the perfect actress to play Mathilde. Both were answered through Amélie. That film’s success gave Jeunet the recognition needed to gain the approval of Warner Brothers, who held the rights to Japrisot’s book. Amélie’s pixie-like star Audrey Tautou answered his need for a Mathilde...

Author: By Emily G.W. Chau, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Amelie Director Reengages Fans | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

...while their pretensions might be overblown for a second-rate safety-school, we mustn’t blame Yalies for their inferiority. Indeed, there is a complex multiplicity of factors??over which these poor souls have no control—that prevents their kind from ever surpassing the mediocre...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: Striving for Mediocrity | 11/19/2004 | See Source »

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