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...What might be considered the Frank Perdue school of urban analysis holds that Giuliani is popular precisely because New Yorkers, now more optimistic about the possibility that the city might be manageable after all, see him as the sort of person it takes to do the managing--a relentless proctor who is burdened by neither a sense of irony nor a sense of proportion. Once you put yourself in the hands of someone like that, of course, you'd better take care to cross the street only at designated crosswalks...
...Dunster murder-suicide is only the most famous example of the University's neglect of its students. Many of us don't even know our adviser's name; most are only dimly aware of the proctor or tutor who lives downstairs. These "advisers" don't make much effort to change the status quo. Instead of a cute quote in a House facebook about how they are "always available to help," tutors must actively seek out their assigned students, meet with them for meals and personally invite them to study breaks...
...What kind of life can they expect there? Probably one without too many of the gifts and donations made by large corporations to the McCaugheys. Bobbi, who was catapulted to stardom in the week following the birth, has apparently eschewed the likes of Proctor, Gamble and both the Johnsons. "If they have too much of anything, they want to give it away to others that need it," said mother-in-law Val. "Bobbi has said, 'I don't deserve all these gifts. I just want my babies...
...amount of publicity the story has generated, the McCaugheys should easily cover their costs by then. From their home town of Carlisle (which offered a year's worth of groceries) to the state of Iowa (which is building the baby-booming family a new house) to multinationals like Proctor and Gamble (who gave a lifetime supply of Pampers), all of America seems to be pitching in. Not surprising, then, that proud dad Kenny's first comment was simply: "Wow!" As any father will tell him, now comes the difficult part: the first eighteen years...
According to the first-year, Craig Knight, her Matthews proctor, sent out e-mail message advising all students to use greater caution in the future...