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Messer acknowledges that his law is no panacea. He's fond of saying he can't legislate away teenage mistakes. And indeed, Kentucky, Georgia and West Virginia have had similar laws on the books for a number of years, but critics say there's no proof that the laws have worked. Still, he says, "some kids are dropping out because it's easy and it's O.K. That is going to change...
...diplomas in an intimate ceremony. We will shake hands with a receiving line of teary-eyed tutors who have seen us grow from sophomores to seniors. The underclassmen who have stuck around for Commencement will stand on the sidelines, bearing witness as the most recent generation leaves with fond memories of the House and the new generation–your class–takes on the responsibility to shape and be shaped by the House. Welcome.Hana R. Alberts ’06 is a history and science concentrator in Mather House. During her last two months at school...
...China get do good at making chairs? To find the answer, travel 120 miles from Shanghai to a cluster of villages in the Yangtze delta. Eighteen hundred years ago, an Emperor fond of its forests named the area Anji, which means "peaceful auspiciousness." Until recently, its residents farmed bamboo and grew white tea. Then in 1982, as economic reforms took hold in China, a state-owned factory set up to supply lab stools to a nearby university made the country's first five-wheeled swivel chair. Soon local bamboo farmers pooled their savings to start factories themselves. By the late...
...through that they unfairly detract from the complex emotions of the characters and the ultimately heartbreaking storyline. “Ask the Dust,” follows the trials of Arturo Bandini (Farrell), a struggling Italian-American author who calls himself “a lover, equally fond of man and beast alike.” Don’t ask me what that means. Bandini meets a beautiful Mexican waitress, Camilla, played by Salma Hayek. The two fall madly in love, of course, but their relationships is hindered by fear from publicly expressing their interracial romance. Bandini constantly insults...
Lucas R. Toffoli ’09 has fond memories from his high school days at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (CRLS).“It’s a really diverse school ethnically, but also in terms of class and culture,” Toffoli said, speaking from his room in Greenough, less than two blocks away from his other local alma mater. “There’s really a bit of everything there which is nice.”Nestled in Harvard’s shadows, CRLS annually sends several graduates to Ivy League universities?...