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...have been an incomplete resource for freshmen. They have either been unable or insufficiently trained to dispense academic advice to freshmen in desperate need of it. Our criticisms are not meant to overshadow or diminish the excellent work done by some individual prefects working against a system almost deliberately setup to thwart their efforts. However, merely because some prefects do good work does not mean the system is not in need of serious change, the kind of change announced this week by the College. We hope that the revamped program will offer a dual social-academic advising service to freshman...
...high-school student. Unfortunately his buddy X-Ray (another Holes alum) gets him back into trouble over a ticket-scalping scheme. And when a chance meeting gets Armpit mixed up with a teen pop superstar (the tickets were for her concert), things get complicated. It's a fairy-tale setup, but Sachar gives his characters real emotions and real problems, and the result is a surprisingly wise book that never cloys or condescends...
...their complex dynamics and strong performances. Barb (Jeanne Tripplehorn) is the strong-willed first wife. Nicki (Chloë Sevigny), Roman's daughter, chafes at being No. 2 to "boss lady" Barb and nurses a shopping addiction. Margene (Ginnifer Goodwin) is the young, insecure baby of the trio. The patriarchal setup will unsettle some viewers, as it did the actresses. "It felt like we were shooting a period piece," says Tripplehorn, "like something out of the '50s." Yet each woman has thought-out reasons why polygamy works for her, and their partnership combines traditional religion with countercultural idealism about plural marriage...
...foul, and if Harvard got into any trouble, it could call a timeout. If the Crimson could get the ball to Goffredo or Stehle, it would be in great shape, as that would almost certainly lead to two points from the line, leaving the Tigers about 20 seconds to setup for a game-tying three...
...foul, and if Harvard got into any trouble, it could call a timeout. If the Crimson could get the ball to Goffredo or Stehle, it would be in great shape, as that would almost certainly lead to two points from the line, leaving the Tigers about 20 seconds to setup for a game-tying three.“We probably entered the final two minutes thinking that they were going to foul right away,” Harvard coach Frank Sullivan said. “But I’m not so sure they were going to foul right away...