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...high-school graduate was ever more unlikely to succeed than Venter. He was a chronic discipline problem--even as a child he refused to take tests--and his parents despaired. In 1964, after being promoted out of high school, Venter moved from his San Francisco home to Southern California, where he dedicated himself to surfing, sailing and the life of a beach...
...their lips against you/And you love the lies they say/And I tried so hard to reach you/But you're falling anyway," Rzeznik sings in "Acoustic #3." What this girl's problems are, beyond the abstractions of lies and betrayal, Rzeznik doesn't disclose, but his lyrics read like a high-school diary. Currently seen glamming it up in the newest issue of Rolling Stone, Rzeznik himself sheds here as well some of the down-home Buffalo boy that got him and his band where they are today. On certain tracks, such as "January Friend," his normally earnest, raspy voice mutates...
...Four years ago I saw an expert production of The Dumbwaiter in the Ex. As a high-school student, I was impressed by the near-professional quality of the performances. Do you feel summer theater has a special duty to the budding theater folks in the Harvard Secondary School Program...
...Foundation's Annual Conference for the Advancement of Women and Minorities in the Sciences, held each March, matches area middle- and high-school students with Harvard undergraduate mentors. Each spring, the annual Multicultural Film Festival features cinematic works co-sponsored with various student organizations. ("Burnt by the Sun," sponsored by the Central and Eastern European Club, is being shown tonight at 8 at Currier House.) Speakers ranging from the U.N. Secretary-General to Irish story-tellers have offered unique opportunities for students to interact with personalities they might not otherwise encounter...
...bingo! Eureka! You've got it! For what, indeed, determines merit? All those science camps mom and dad sent you to when you were little? That inspiring high-school English teacher, Mr. Perry, who always knew you were a poet inside? Or maybe it was all those grueling afternoons spent practicing the viola when you would have preferred being outside, playing with the kids on your block. Merit is enabled by all of the above and more. Merit is a promise, an investment in human capital. And this investment necessitates time, encouragement and, of course, money...