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...stunning debut by an unpublished author who mailed his manuscript in on spec, Night Fisher candidly exposes the lives of the young and bored in Hawaii. Going to a prep school his single father can't really afford, the lonely Loren Foster tries to keep up with his AP classes but becomes more interested in hanging out with his ne'r-do-well pal and tweaking on crystal meth. While filling the story with atmospheric details like Hawaiian slang ("baku" for meth; "haole" for a non-native), Johnson's remarkably confident artwork drains the lush world of its color, leaving...
...This is my first time at an Interfaith Council event. I think it’s a great way to initiate people into the group.” Lala said he had been hoping for that reaction. “This year is about trying to foster a sense of interfaith community—to reach a larger group of people and have impact,” he explained. “People can get to know each other and socialize and get substantive background on each others’ religions. We want to make it less intimidating...
...what makes Harvard—and, I have to admit, Yale—different from every other university in America.” Today, the essential idea behind the Houses has survived: they are designed to help students build relationships with House tutors and masters, foster social interactions, and develop an attachment to a place we can call “home” for three years. In this particular sense, Harvard is still very much the same...
...group of 34 students wanting to organize events to raise money for the millions of affected individuals in the region. Seeing as the HCC had decided over the summer to pursue a fall comedy show, the co-sponsorship seemed logical. But we understand that communication is often hard to foster between groups, so we applaud the impressive and interested outreach of both groups. This cooperation made it possible to secure seven comedians hailing from Saturday Night Live, the Tonight Show, and Curb Your Enthusiasm—on the performers’ own time, free of charge. That...
...more mature. "I think he was a resolute man, an unshakable man, but he had no need to make a lot of noise about it," says Rice. "He takes over and does what has to be done, and I think he could definitely be a patron of foster parents." The series' next book, she says, will tell Joseph's death in a set of flashbacks...