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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...psychology discussion is not complete without mention of the tell-it-like-it-is self-help guru Dr. Phil McGraw. I still don’t know what to make of Dr. Phil. He seems like a good guy to have on your side; he could be your big bald uncle, a family friend, or even an academic advisor (“Taking that 6th class? Get real...

Author: By Lisa M. Puskarcik, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bubblegum Machine | 12/12/2003 | See Source »

...latest news about Dr. Phil, however, isn’t a new and clever piece of hard-assed wisdom; instead, it concerns the growing popularity of his son Jay McGraw. The development adds nepotism to a list of issues of authority and expertise among writers whose wisdom doesn’t extend beyond the college years...

Author: By Lisa M. Puskarcik, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bubblegum Machine | 12/12/2003 | See Source »

This could be the beginning of a bitter father-son rivalry in the two men’s ongoing quest to become the ultimate self-help authority. Or maybe it’s a thinly veiled admission that even Dr. Phil himself can’t believe that people are actually looking to his son for “life strategies,” even if it’s just a list of foods to eat at a fast food restaurant...

Author: By Lisa M. Puskarcik, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bubblegum Machine | 12/12/2003 | See Source »

Hudani, who plans to earn an M. Phil in Medieval Arabic Thought, hopes to study Islamic law and philosophy with the intention of examining its position within the context of a “non-Arab Islamic world...

Author: By Margaret W. Ho, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Two Kenyan Students Win Rhodes | 12/10/2003 | See Source »

...can’t eliminate it. The only way to lessen the competitive pressures is to eliminate winning and losing altogether, like in five-year-old town tee-ball. Do they want Harvard and Yale to get together, throw a football around for sixty minutes and then bring Dr. Phil in to discuss how everyone’s a winner...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: King James Bible: No Need To Reclaim College Athletics | 12/9/2003 | See Source »

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