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...divide. There is also a cultural crevasse larger than that faced by immigrants' kids whose families at least share a Western civilization that makes American customs a little less alien. Sam Chang's Korean parents were horrified when he got involved in student government at his high school in Phoenix, Ariz. They viewed his extracurricular activities as frivolous diversions from the main goal of his getting into a top college. "When I came home freshman year as president, they had no idea what that meant," says Chang, now 26 and a law student at the University of Arizona. It took...
...little more risk-based, maybe not.? Now, as always, the formula is a secret. We just know what Chertoff told us: that it takes into account the threats and vulnerabilities facing a given city, in addition to the consequences of a possible attack. We have no idea why Phoenix and Las Vegas are now on probation and could lose funding altogether-while Milwaukee and Indianapolis remain in good standing...
...life outdoors are already few and far between in Cambridge. Even animals are hard to find in the Yard.Just outside its gates, however, they’re flourishing. And these aren’t your garden variety birds or squirrels, either: they’re dragons, gibbons, and even phoenixes, all part of the Arthur M. Sackler Museum’s newest exhibition: “Evocative Creatures: Animal Motifs and Symbols in East Asian Art,” which opened on November 16, 2005. Located within the Sackler’s East Asian collection, the artwork is fascinating...
...It’s a photo essay of sorts, depicting a boy who lives in Boston’s Ritz Carlton. “Most Harvard students go home to deteriorating buildings, marginal heating, and oftentimes haywire plumbing,” the intro text reads. “The Phoenix Club’s Nathan Gunawan drives home to his pad in none other than Boston’s Ritz Carlton...
...completely different people,” Voith adds. “My approach here at Harvard is one that will really allow the UC to change things up and give it a new spice that it hasn’t seen in the past.”A PHOENIX FROM THE ASHESVoith says this fresh style has reaped benefits on the campaign trail.“I’ve been surprised by the amount of interest that people have had because they’re so happy to see someone so unconventionally ‘UC-like?...