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Members of the College community gathered for a movie screening and held conversations on hazing this week...
...that she had hit prime form in the Ivy League Championships when she faced-off in the 800-yard relay against extremely tough competition.“Mills really showed what she was capable of at the Ivy League championships,” Morawski recalled. “She held off the top Princeton swimmer who competed in the Olympics. Going against someone who’s in the top eight and who caught up after five laps and still keeping her from overtaking the race was a special moment for Mills.”Her top speed and great...
...student governing body as any more progressive than that of other institutions.“I very much had to prove myself in a way male freshman reps did not,” she said.In the second semester of her sophomore year, she served as Finance Committee chair and held that position for the first semester of her junior year.Yet when it came time for well-positioned juniors to consider running for president, Flores said, she was asked by two potential candidates to serve as their vice-president.She said she did not believe a man with her qualifications would have been...
...Girl scouts, the Rainbows, Sunday school." -Olson's mother, when asked in 1975 about the interests held by her daughter, the president of her high school's pep club...
...climate bill could reach the legislative finish line before health care. There is a broad consensus on Capitol Hill that something needs to be done, and Republicans like John McCain and Lindsey Graham are anxious to get a bill passed this year. And while the Administration has not held an energy summit as it did for health care, Obama has had an easier time hiring and confirming staff on the environmental front than on the economy or health-care fronts. For example, Obama's special adviser for green jobs, Van Jones, started work at the White House's Council...