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...When Rhoda Janzen went away to college, she was determined to leave her past behind. But unlike the average independence-minded freshman, Janzen was Mennonite - a member of a small, strict Christian denomination with only 110,000 members in the U.S. She went on to earn a Ph.D. from UCLA and become an English professor. But in 2006, at age 43, a personal crisis sent her back to her Mennonite roots in Fresno, Calif. Janzen has written a new book about her unusual journey, Mennonite in a Little Black Dress (Henry Holt). TIME senior reporter Andrea Sachs reached Janzen...
...first line came about five minutes into the script, and as soon as he spoke, the 60 or so people in the room made an involuntary sound--you could hear people smile. This wasn't a Ron Silver impersonator; it was obviously Ron Silver. The one who was Rhoda's neighbor in the spin-off of The Mary Tyler Moore Show and the one who had blown the doors off the Barrymore Theatre in Hurlyburly. The one who'd played Joe Mantegna's foil in David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow (a role that won him a Tony Award...
...Beedie's father Willie struggles to answer when asked how he feels about his son's case. "You want what's best for your son and for your grandchildren," he says, but he adds: "Fishing is not an easy life. My son knew that." His wife, Rhoda Beedie, echoes him: "You can't trust...
...considered to be one of the few who took the road less traveled.When most students enter law school, the child advocacy field typically draws very little interest. Lacking the allure and pay of jobs at major corporations or law firms, the field loses some of the brightest minds.According to Rhoda E. Schneider, general counsel of the Massachusetts Department of Education, law schools perpetuate this cycle by placing a heavy emphasis on corporate law positions. And even for students interested in the public sector, there is a tendency to turn to higher-level government positions.“In a place...
...Rhoda L. Wang thinks she can diagnose the disease of that online Harvard applicant. “He wanted other people to say that he was good. You hear it from you parents and friends that you’ll get in, but if you hear it from others it could make you feel better. It’s kind of stupid. But college, well, it’s stressful to each person, let them do what they need...