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...small, bilingual academy called Cristo Rey Jesuit High School. The school, which accepts students of all faiths, has an entirely Hispanic and low-income study body and provides a lot of personalized counseling and small classes. Its hallmark is an unusual work-study program that requires every student to spend an 8-hour day, five times a month, working in a local hospital, law firm or other kind of business. Each employer pays $27,000 a year for a team of four student interns. The money helps defray the cost of educating the students, and the experience prepares them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On a Listening Tour with Melinda Gates | 5/8/2007 | See Source »

...Most indie kids would rather spend their money on imported CDs from bands like Interpol and Arcade Fire than on the drugs or discos with which their club-going peers prefer fill their weekends. Skinny pants and tight T-shirts are de rigueur for both sexes on the indie scene, as are asymmetrical haircuts. While there is conformity in their uniformity, the phenonemon is more than a trend. Indonesian teens are finding more kids like themselves on Myspace and Facebook - alienated from their local peers, many find solace solidarity in sharing the alienation of their global soul mates in Boulder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Teenage Alienation Goes Global | 5/8/2007 | See Source »

Before the docket was addressed yesterday, UC Vice-President Matthew L. Sundquist ’09 announced a University-wide “Day of Service” to be held in September that will bring together College and University participants from several student groups and graduate schools to spend a day on service projects...

Author: By Christian B. Flow, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: UC Passes Resolution To Provide for Increased Financial Aid Provisions | 5/7/2007 | See Source »

...article confidently predicted my progress: As a freshman I would spend time at overcrowded, sweaty, and generally tedious parties or nursing a beer in my dorm, furtively listening for the local proctor. As a sophomore I would get punched, probably unsuccessfully, by a club or two, friends would join fraternities, sororities, or some other club. And as an upperclassman, I would begin to visit local bars and, increasingly, frequent the final clubs...

Author: By Mark A. Adomanis | Title: Accepting Normalcy | 5/6/2007 | See Source »

...guard who will rustle through his affairs with silent, fascist intensity, as if the library’s DVD collection housed something worth stealing. This, however, does come down to luck, and a portion of Lamont’s staff is quite friendly considering the amount of time they spend in the horrible building...

Author: By James M. Larkin | Title: Lachrymose at Lamont | 5/4/2007 | See Source »

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