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...couldn't come - she and Mary couldn't make it. So the big thing this year was all these little girls - 16, like - trying to scoop the boys like Anna does. There was this one from Florida - Hackle-something - and what she was wearing! I couldn't believe her mom and dad let her out in that thing! Yes, her dad was there, and he said something like, "Well, it's okay, looking nice for the boys is okay," or something like that. Unbelieveable! His own daughter. I guess I'm getting old. Senior year, y'know...
...trend is at odds with a new--and unprecedented--marketing push by the makers of ADHD drugs. Until now, drugmakers have heeded a 30-year-old international treaty meant to discourage consumer advertising of psychotropic substances. No more. In one ad, drugmaker Celltech shows a smiling boy and his mom with the message: "One dose covers his ADHD for the whole school day," plus the drug's name, Metadate CD. The ad is running in a dozen magazines, including Ladies' Home Journal, which has two more ADHD drug ads in the same issue--from Shire Pharmaceuticals (maker of Adderall...
...parents just got divorced, whose family is having trouble paying tuition and who is petrified of sorority rush (42% of Jewell students join fraternities and sororities). The mentors answer questions like "Should I bring a microwave?" or "What's the reading load?" They also find out little details from Mom and Dad, like their daughter's favorite candy. The mentors leave the favorite candy in front of their charge's door that first day on campus, with other goodies like a William Jewell car sticker and a handmade welcome sign. "It's a way of saying, 'You have a friend...
During orientation, kids are required to bunk on campus. That's optional for parents, but about half seize the opportunity to sample dorm life. Sarah's mom, Merry Jusiewicz, 49, arrived with concerns about sending her daughter so far from home but left reassured: "I got a real feeling of a genuinely caring faculty...
...professors. In most cases this is a fiction. Colleges tend to do a poor job of attracting minority students, and it's rare to see genuine interaction among different groups. If you were to visit Seattle Central Community College, however, you might just find a 40-year-old Hispanic mom designing computer software with a lanky, blond, 24-year-old snowboarder. Or maybe you will run into Gil Reynosa, 31, a deaf student from Mexico, building a boat with Rhonda Pence, 50, a former teacher. At Seattle Central, diversity is real, and so are its benefits...