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Marker, 45, first encountered cheetahs 25 years ago; they were in captivity at the Oregon wildlife park where she worked. Over the years she developed a successful cheetah breeding program. In the 1980s Marker made several trips to Namibia, where she began to use a cheetah she had raised in Oregon, named Khayam, to study the possibility of returning the cats to the wild. Although the animal hunted and killed by instinct, without the 18 to 22 months of training that a young cheetah gets from its mother, Khayam couldn't learn how to survive...
...another pre-professional ballerina, the decision to focus on college came sooner, and more definitively. Allison E. Lane '02, who originates from Oregon, studied at SAB during her junior and senior year of high school. As the official school of New York City Ballet, SAB generally increases a young dancer's chances of getting into a major company, but not without discrimination against students who desire a college education. "In the school I was at," Lane explains, "it was the type of thing where if they knew you were going to college, they might not consider you for a position...
...examined the federal data and, in a report released Wednesday, concluded that almost all forms of youth crime, including violent crimes and homicide, have been on the decline throughout the U.S. for the past decade. That applies to the inner cities and the suburbs, to New York and to Oregon. At the same time, incarcerations are up and laws and school policies punishing youthful offenders have grown harsher. The reason, the report concludes, is that isolated but well-publicized events such as the Columbine and Jonesboro shootings have the public thinking that our schools are battlegrounds...
This sleek new European-built train may be the best--and cheapest--way to see the Pacific Northwest. Subsidized by the states of Oregon and Washington, the nine-hour trip costs only $44 for coach, and you can buy segments (Portland to Seattle costs $21). With current schedules, you need to stay overnight in Seattle, but that means you can sight-see and sample local salmon washed down by a tangy microbrew. You can bring your bike along, at least as far as the Canadian border, stowing it on one of the Cascades' bicycle racks ($5 extra; reserve ahead...
...Pony dolls will be viewed with condescension, Transformers and He-Man action figures with contempt. Gameboys will line our nation's landfills, and not near the top of the heap. No supplies will be swapped, no wagons will be caulked and no snake bites will be healed on "The Oregon Trail...