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...college, often referred to as the College of Arts and Crafts, is the largest of the schools with departments in the liberal arts as well as the natural and life sciences. The college also offers very popular interdisciplinary majors, such as biological basis of behavior and politics, philosophy and economics. Some college students have an inferiority complex, because they do not have a clear professional path to follow after graduation. But most enjoy the flexibility the college offers...
Living off-campus--in anything larger than a closet--is not a popular option. You would need the salary of a CEO to live in surrounding Santa Clara County, the most expensive to place to live in the country. Yes, it costs more than Manhattan...
Student-initiated research is popular on campus, and the highly-motivated among us often work as research assistants. Last year, the undergraduate research opportunities office gave out $65,000 in research grants to 486 students across all fields. Over half of the biology majors and a third of history majors this year, for example, completed honors theses, which involves at least one year of independent research. A handful of advanced students publish every year in journals such as Science and Nature...
Parents across America can try to have more control over their children's lives. Legislators left and right can put new restrictions on the Internet. Trench coats and so-called "Goth" wear (which have actually been popular without incident for years) can be banned from school dress codes. The government can issue even more vouchers for kids to be yanked out of public high school and thrown into debatably better private schools...
Although many of these actions violate various Constitutional rights, they may prevent such a massacre from ever happening again. But what if they don't" How are we--students, teachers, other adults, the popular and unpopular kids alike--supposed to face tomorrow with all of this horror and fear on our shoulders...