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...discover about the series. The beauty of the Harry Potter books is that she has it all worked out - she knows everything there is to know about the world she has created, so no question will stump her. Reaction to the Dumbledore-is-gay revelation has already proven that each new announcement will be greeted by a flurry of Internet postings and theories, just like in the days before Deathly Hallows was released in July...
...DeWolfe, at last night’s showing. “It’s fun to come see ‘Grey’s’ in a theater.” The screenings are intended to draw non-Quad residents to the SOCH, which has proven a challenge since its opening in 2005. In addition to providing free snacks, SOCH offers free smoothies from the Penthouse Coffee Bar on the top floor to any student organization that brings 10 or more students to the showing. SOCH chose to show “Grey’s Anatomy?...
...This gift is not something that just dropped down from the sky,” he said. “It’s based on a whole year of practical experience, taking a proven program that’s there on the ground and making it there forever...
...Despite the College’s freeze on UC funds in response to the UC’s intransigence, there is a silver lining. Now that the UC has proven willing to act in open defiance of the administration, surely we can expect it to mobilize with the same force to campaign for lower textbook costs for low-income students or to persuade the University to adopt more socially responsible investment policies. Perhaps in the future, the UC will save its political capital for campus advocacy that matters rather than petty fights over students’ rights to get drunk...
...concerned about poverty. But it is an educated person who is statistically less likely to ever become poor or dependent on welfare. Reich editorializes against inequality (“America’s very rich are richer than ever”) but after naming the problem, he rejects a proven solution. Higher education is key to social mobility, and more donations have allowed colleges to afford financial aid initiatives. A decrease in donations received due to tax considerations would only hurt lower- and middle-class families...