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Named after the verdant hills that slope down to the Atlantic Ocean, the Emerald Coast of southern Brazil has been luring visitors for the best part of five centuries. Half of Europe seems to have some historical foothold here, be it in language, architecture, customs or cuisine. The Portuguese were the first to arrive in the 16th century, settling among indigenous Indians as they established a local whaling industry. But by the mid-1800s they had been joined by whole communities of Germans, Italians and Austrians, who came to exploit the vast virgin forestland...
While groups like Pleiades and Sablière are uniquely Harvard phenomena, all three sororities at Harvard are chapters of large national groups that are also found at state colleges and Southern universities. Despite this affiliation, Harvard’s gates provide a decidedly different environment for its burgeoning Greek scene than the rollicking fraternity row at Ole Miss. Unlike many of their sister chapters, Harvard sororities lack one of the defining elements of sorority life: a house. Out of Harvard’s Hellenic chapters, only the fraternity Sigma Chi has real estate, whereas male final clubs...
...those on a lifelong mission of self-fulfillment, the very thing that led individuals into marriage?more growth?was bound to lead them right on out; the ties and obligations of wedded life blocked the proper unfolding of the self. But, points out Carlfred Broderick of the University of Southern California's marriage and family therapy program, "total growth, total narcissism, which is supposed to fix everything, doesn...
...women is not to sleep with men they meet at parties." The one-night stand is as potentially entangling for men as in prerevolutionary days. "The women who have one-night stands are really looking for further commitment," she says. Nancy Boltz, a nurse at the University of Southern California, says students age 20 and over want long-term relationships. Some younger students sleep around, but in these encounters the trappings of commitment are common. "They may only stay together six months," says Boltz, "but during that time they think they are in love...
...Fable Attraction.BP: Um, ok, here we go. Wooden boy finds dad. Asian communist barkeep. Hilarity ensues. RR: Before your involvement in the Pudding, did you have any experience wearing high heels or other women’s clothing?BP: No, absolutely not. In high school, I played an obese southern girl in a play, which was really fun, but that was it. I wore my mom’s clothes. You get used to the heels though. The heels are so much easier this year than last year...