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Of the 1,256 students who attend the Stanford Middle School in the Los Altos neighborhood of Long Beach, Calif., 34% are Hispanic, 22% Asian, 23% Caucasian, 17% African American, 3% Filipino and 2% either Pacific Islander or Native American. More than 75% qualify for the free or reduced-cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOW TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN HOW TO WELL | 10/27/1997 | See Source »

Gomez's protagonists, a young rock band called Bottlecap, are a lot like him. Mark, the singer and guitarist, bassist Gary and drummer Steve start off writing and practicing songs in a shack on the out-skirts of their hometown of Kitty, Virginia. They play their first gigs to tiny...

Author: By Josh M. Destefano, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: An Encyclopedia of the Nineties | 10/17/1997 | See Source »

The only episode in Boyhood that might pass for an explanation comes in the final two lines: "How will he keep them all in his head, all the books, all the people, all the stories? And if he does not remember them, who will?" Why God has chosen the 13...

Author: By Joshua Derman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Searching for Coetzee in the South African Veldt | 10/17/1997 | See Source »

Pitt's character, both in writing and in performance, is similarly underdeveloped at first. We get the image of an inexplicably angry young man, unsatisfied with his family and domestic associations. Pitt's gruff, distracted and distant demeanor, his clipped and uncompassionate manner, is convincing he is by no means...

Author: By Jonathan B. Dinerstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Man Climbs Himalayas, Has Revelation | 10/10/1997 | See Source »

Grabbing a wooden framed picture from the mantle, Mayer indicates a helmeted figure in jersey number 24 (that was the biggest jersey they had) surrounded by smiling teammates in pleated hockey skirts.

Author: By Molly Hennessy-fiske, | Title: Mayer Leaves Her Field Of Dreams | 10/10/1997 | See Source »

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