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...Eulogy By HELEN GIBSON...
...Nicky Grant won the shot put with a 13.35-meter throw-far and away her best effort of the season. The throw was the third-best of the outdoor season in the Ivies, and would have placed fourth at Heps last season. The other two winners were freshmen Breeanna Gibson in the discus at 41.74 meters and Alexandra Petrone in the javelin at 36.76 meters...
...Five days earlier Gibson had taken an 11-hour trip back to Britain from a holiday in New Orleans. Based on this information, hospital staff quickly diagnosed a pulmonary embolism, a potentially fatal lung complication of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) - blood clots in the veins - a condition that is often prompted by prolonged periods of immobility. Some experts believe DVT can affect as many as one in 20 aircraft passengers. Gibson stayed in the hospital for five days receiving anticoagulants. It didn't put her off flying altogether, but it did make her aware of some of the unexpected hazards...
...Fort Gibson, Okla. Seventh-grader Seth Trickey was a religious, straight-A student. But then, police say, he came to school, stood under a tree, pulled out his father's 9-mm semiautomatic handgun and fired at least 15 rounds into a group of classmates. Four were wounded. WARNING SIGNS A juvenile court heard that Trickey was receiving psychological counseling and was deeply influenced by the Columbine shootings. Psychologists said he was obsessed by the military, in particular General George S. Patton, and the shootings may have been Trickey's way of proving he could hold his own in battle...
...adolescents now simply attach to events like Columbine," says University of California at Berkeley law professor Franklin Zimring. "Instead of just talking about it, now they have a model." Harris and Klebold would smile at their progeny not only in Santee but also in Lake Worth, Fla.; Fort Gibson, Okla.; and Deming, N.M. (see chart, page...