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...growth as an individual. It is perhaps a luxury of America’s economic position that parents can afford to take such risks with their children, drawing time away from chasing numeric success and instead encouraging creativity. In India, if a parent is to pay for his son??s college tuition, that child must choose a path that ensures a secure and set future—not “the arts” And there is little by way of encouraging participation in extracurriculars. Time is better spent in the classroom or preparing for tests...

Author: By Ashin D. Shah | Title: (e.) None of the above | 7/31/2009 | See Source »

Unlike most Western and Indo-European cultures—in which last names are passed down in a male-dominated system, from father to son??clan names ultimately cut across blood lines in Uganda, making the clan, and not the father, the fundamental source of authority, Maureen said...

Author: By Ahmed N. Mabruk | Title: What's in a Surname? | 7/29/2009 | See Source »

...case you decided to read anyway, a bit of exposition As the show’s intro explains, it is “the story of a wealthy family” (the dysfunctional Bluths) “who lost everything and the one son?? (Michael) “who had no choice but to keep them all”—his parents (George Sr. and Lucille), son (George Michael), siblings (Gob, Linsday, and Buster), brother-in-law (Tobias), and niece (Maebe)—“together...

Author: By Aditi Balakrishna | Title: (Not So) Caged Wisdom | 7/21/2009 | See Source »

...that could have been done.” After being rushed to Mt. Auburn Hospital by paramedics, Cai was pronounced dead just before noon. The 20-year-old’s parents arrived in Cambridge later that afternoon from their home in Pittsburgh and spent the evening with their son??s friends in Adams House. A shocked collection of friends remembered the aspiring doctor’s winning personality. “He was an inspiring person, deeply committed to science and medicine, but also very kind,” said Michelle C. Siao...

Author: By Prateek Kumar, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Peter Cai '10 | 6/4/2009 | See Source »

...McLoughlin says that in the wake of the death of Peter Cai ’10 last October, Hammonds—who has a six-year-old son??“took to heart the tragic situation” and recurrently brought up her concerns about Cai’s death and the impact it had on his family and friends. But, McLoughlin says, it took that “tragic” event for her to realize that “House communities are so much closer than she knew...

Author: By Lauren D. Kiel and Ahmed N. Mabruk, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: A Disconnected Dean | 6/3/2009 | See Source »

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