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...Cecilia-Nan Ding, 17, to name the last compact disc she bought or the last movie she saw, and she cannot tell you. But ask the senior at the prestigious Boston Latin School how many beds for battered women there are in Boston's shelters, and her recall is a rapid 400...419, to be precise--a number Nan (as she prefers to be called) finds disturbing. Consider in comparison, she says, the number of calls made in 1996 to Massachusetts women's hot lines...
Despite all the rhetoric condemning abuse, says Nan, statistics like these prove that domestic violence is "institutionalized" in our society. It was not what she expected to find when she immigrated to America four years ago from Tianjin, China. The problems here, she says, are too reminiscent of how women are "suppressed" in China. And that is why she feels compelled to do something about...
...help remedy the problem, Nan, this past June, started a company called FAST (Friends and Shelter for Teens). Its goal is to have teenagers educate elementary school children about domestic violence and counsel those already trapped in an abusive relationship. Nan has 25 teen volunteers working with her, most of them recruited from her school...
...University has set two priorities, according to Nan F. Nixon, director of federal relations, both of which primarily concern graduate students. They are preserving the prestigious Javits fellowship and making federal loan ceilings more flexible for graduate students...
...Nan F. Nixon, director of federal relations and the University's main lobbyist, said institutions capitalized on the Clinton Administration's spotlight on education to pass the bill. Long-time ally of the University, Sen. Daniel P. Moynihan (D-N.Y.) spearheaded efforts to push through the provision...