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...have missed games this season for alleged rules violations that occurred while they were still in high school. Most notably, St. John's University's star point guard, Erick Barkley, was suspended for taking $3,150 in scholarship aid from a church group to help offset his $23,500 prep-school tuition. "We feel that a lot of these players are getting a bad reputation and are being vilified in the eyes of the public when, in fact, nothing morally wrong has occurred," says Duke's Shane Battier, the SBC's inaugural chairman and an academic all-American...
...prep is a pain," Couric admits. The colonoscopy itself is conducted under a mild sedative. "I was chatting the whole time," Couric recalls, "bossing my camera crew around." There is a risk, albeit a small one, that the device can slip and punch a hole in the intestinal wall. Yet a colonoscopy offers a distinct advantage in that the doctor can remove any small precancerous polyps as soon as they are found, making it the only screening test that can prevent cancer, not just detect...
...victim of a corrupting environment; the man is the culprit, the one who shaped the environment. But of course the man was himself shaped--perhaps corrupted--by an early environment. I don't know the details of his life, but I'll bet he didn't prep at Choate...
...Arte Chamber Orchestra, knows the musical offerings of Harvard well. Graduating cum laude in history and literature of Russia, Jackson began to pursue his musical interest more intensively at Harvard. Although he had been playing the piano since he was four and had sung in the choir at his prep school, Jackson's parents discouraged him from pursuing a career in music. He explains, "It was a long time ago. There simply were no African-Americans in the classical music arena." He found Harvard to be a place "where you dream your dreams and act on it." With mentors such...
Instead, ASG recommends giving to charities like the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Phillips Brooks House Association and Get Ready, a non-profit organization started by members of Harvard's Class of 2000 that aims to help inner-city youth gain access to higher education though SAT prep, college guidance and community involvement programs...