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...ever confused Myron Rolle for an average college student. For one thing, the 6'2" safety at Florida State has NFL scouts drooling; for another, he's already earned his pre-med degree in two-and-a-half years. But his itinerary last weekend was particularly extraordinary. On Nov. 22, the Seminoles' safety jetted off to Birmingham, Ala., where he sat for a final interview for the Rhodes Scholarship, generally viewed as the country's most prestigious. After learning he was one of the 32 student-athletes in the country to earn the honor - and with it, two years...
...very challenging boarding school, where I got more practice at balancing the two. At Florida State, I really wanted to test my mettle as a student-athlete, and I did that by competing for a starting position early in my freshman year, but also by taking pre-med classes, getting involved in the community [Rolle started a program aimed at teaching local Seminole Indian children the benefits of health], being in a fraternity, and eventually having the opportunity to apply for a Rhodes Scholarship. The balance of being a student-athlete has been a life-long process...
...going to help you be the best you can be-as a football player, but also as a scholar. We want you to do the best you can in the classroom as well." They've allowed me to miss practices for labs, allowed me to miss meetings for pre-med classes. I know when I won, they were elated. My teammates have understood the whole way that I'm a student too. These are the guys you sweat with day in and day out. They understand how hard I work in both areas...
...fishing over the past decade has been driven by the proliferation of sushi restaurants across the world. The bluefin industry, once the province of rustic local fishing fleets in the Mediterranean, was last year worth about $1.6 billion. Today tuna fleets use high-tech spotter planes buzzing over the Med during the summertime tuna-spawning season in search of shoals that have escaped the trappers. The industry's major players are massive multinational corporations like Mitsubishi, the world's biggest tuna trader - Japan imports the bulk of bluefin tuna caught in the Med. Some of the larger companies have created...
...cousin’s studying at the Med school here, and my brother’s flying down from New York, so I’ll be having Thanksgiving with them, I guess,” said Phillip Y. Zhang ’12, a resident of Canaday Hall. “I’m from California, so going home is too much of a hassle...