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...Cornell community was rocked two weeks ago when sophomore William Sinclair and junior Matthew Zika took their lives on consecutive days by jumping into the gorges that run through the campus in Ithaca, New York. The deaths came only a few weeks after freshman Bradley Ginsburg apparently died in the same manner...
...find out, all you have to do is turn on a computer or TV. You'll quickly learn that next year we're going to eat fried chicken and whoopie pies, view televised sports in 3-D, witness six to eight hurricanes in the Atlantic, watch as Ruth Bader Ginsburg retires from the Supreme Court and tune in to Sarah Palin's new talk show...
There are other signs that the word has gone forth, at least for now. In years past, the annual Red Mass held the Sunday before the U.S. Supreme Court's term opens has been so heavily steeped in pro-life rhetoric that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg now declines to attend. This year's service, however, featured a homily by the new chair of the bishop's pro-life committee that included only the subtlest of references to abortion. More striking was the image of Biden taking Communion without incident...
Most parents would probably say they talk to their teens about responsible driving, but Ginsburg notes specific techniques that the parents of the safest teen drivers tend to use. These include setting firm rules and boundaries for driving - such as no speeding, no talking on a cell phone or texting while on the road and no driving while intoxicated. Parents of safe drivers also tend to make it a point to explain to their children that the reason for their rules is to ensure the child's safety. ?They have to see the rules as a safety issue...
...Ginsburg also suggests that parents of new drivers adopt a version of the graduated licensing program that many states have in place. Rules include requiring a certain amount of experience before allowing teens to drive in bad weather or after dark during their first licensed year and prohibiting them from driving with other teens until they can demonstrate their ability to concentrate on the road and not get distracted by passengers. "Driving is such a potentially dangerous thing that we have to make it so that the car is not the place where teens test their independence," Ginsburg says...