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Tucci points out that without strong advising for undeclared sophomores, the increased academic freedom that would accompany delaying the concentration choice may backfire...
...civil rights contained therein to their fellow citizens, despite the fact that such an ecclesiastical term has no place in a government that values a separation of church and state. For the traditional definitions of religion to determine the contemporary endowment of civil rights is counterintuitive to our freedom to and from religion and simply can’t be allowed. If civil marriage is as “wholly secular” as the infamous Supreme Court decision intones, then it makes about as much sense for priests to be invested with the civil power and authority...
There’s a nourishing freedom in all of this, a feeling that can only come with no school on the immediate horizon. It’s an autonomy that doesn’t simply make a 95-degree New York summer tolerable, but something to be relished. It brings us troops of little kids tirelessly running through sprinklers and playing stickball and basketball, and it also gives us the non-alcohol-related courage to challenge—and thoroughly demolish—such kids in any sport we allow them to select...
...Missions and was seeking to carve out a life for himself beyond the military, says friend George Ciganik, a former Marine reconnaissance officer. Working for Blackwater was about as close to combat as Helvenston and the others like him could get. "We're adrenaline seekers," says Ciganik, "passionate about freedom and serving our country." Just two hours before he was killed, Michael Teague--"Ice Man" to his Army buddies--sent an e-mail to a friend back home in Clarksville, Tenn., saying he loved Iraq and the excitement of his new six-figure-salary job. A former member...
...George Lucas of games, the geekiest of them all? Easy. George Lucas, owner of Lucasfilm and LucasArts. The latter produced Knights of the Old Republic, a role-playing adventure set centuries before Star Wars Episode I. Knights was a critical hit, mostly because players have the freedom to choose the Jedi or Sith sides of the Force. Star Wars Galaxies, an online game with thousands of players, allows them to choose their species (now anyone can be a Wookie). Mercifully, no one gets...