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...main job: being a TV host, fronting series of weekly movie-review shows since 1976, first with Gene Siskel, then with Richard Roeper. He's also recorded commentaries for DVD releases of classic films, from Citizen Kane to Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, the sleazerrific Russ Meyer movie that Roger co-wrote in his 20s. As the go-to movie savant, he's been on hundreds of TV shows, sometimes alone, sometimes with his review-show partners; who can forget that night in the '80s when David Letterman persuaded Roger and Gene to toss basketballs at a makeshift hoop...
...Tigers managed to snatch enough second- and third-place finishes to stand atop the podium. Harvard’s distance swimmers claimed crucial points for the squad, as junior Sam Wollner led a 1-2-3 finish in the 1650 freestyle, followed by sophomore Eric Lynch and freshman Alex Meyer. In the 500 freestyle, Lynch and Wollner once again grabbed the top two spots, although this time Lynch touched the wall first. In addition to victories in all four relays, the Crimson was bolstered by two individual wins by junior Geoff Rathgeber and two top-three finishes by junior...
...athletic screening. That was certainly the case for Davis Nwankwo, a basketball player from Vanderbilt University who collapsed suddenly last year during practice and was found later to have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a condition that causes the heart muscles to thicken. "There were no warning signs at all," says Michael Meyer, an athletic trainer who saved Nwankwo's life using an automatic external defibrillator (AED), a portable electronic device that stops cardiac arrhythmia by shocking the heart...
...want to pay the money. The average AED now costs about $1,500 and some are even available for less than a grand. But buying the equipment isn't the only hurdle, they also need to train someone to use it. "Money is a big problem," says Vanderbilt's Meyer, whose college has since bought ten additional defibrillators...
...Damrosch, Professor of Astronomy Lars E. Hernquist, Professor in Practice of Architecture and Urban Design Rem Koolhaas, University Art Museums Director Thomas W. Lentz, Beren Professor of Economics N. Gregory Mankiw, Dean of Engineering and Applied Sciences Venkatesh Narayanamurti, Professor of Geophysics Richard J. O’Connell, Meyer Professor of Middle Eastern History E. Roger Owen, and Professor of Psychology James H. Sidanius...