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What began as an elementary school crush--he began writing the admissions office after watching an episode of "Doogie Howser, M.D." where a Veritas shield was displayed prominently--suddenly turned serious. The College added Villarreal to its mailing list...
...same time, Villarreal is not Doogie Howser. He didn't score 1600 on his SATs and he isn't 12 years old. But something in his application resounded within Harvard's admissions rubric...
...altered its DNA--or, more precisely, that of its genetic forebears--in ways that changed the reactions between neurons deep within its tiny cranium. The result, say its creators, is a strain of mouse (which they nicknamed "Doogie," after the precocious lead character of the old TV show Doogie Howser, M.D.) that is smarter than his dim-witted cousins. Not only that, the scientists wrote in last week's issue of the journal Nature, "our results suggest that the genetic enhancement of mental and cognitive attributes such as intelligence and memory in mammals is feasible...
...other words, it was not by my own volition nor by any genius a la Doogie Howser that I spent all four years of high school and will spend all but one semester of college as a teenager. But does being a "teen" really make a difference? Actually, I often feel stuck in re-runs of "My So-Called Life" or maybe just some cheesy after-school special. Regardless of my efforts to the contrary, I seem to face some sort of weekly teen angst crisis: parents' relationship on ice, friend with eating disorder or pregnancy scare, peer pressure, psycho...
...movie still packs a good old-fashioned ideological punch. And it's peppered with familiar faces; you'll spot Cagney, Frank Fontana, and the guy who stole the raisins on Seinfeld; points for Doogie Howser's father and Otis Day from "Animal House," and a BRAND NEW CAR for anyone who recognizes Bud Bundy before the credits roll. Give it a day in court...