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...We’re getting back to the basics of what a pep rally should be,” McFadden said, explaining that the goal was to jump-start attendance by drawing friends and roommates of the student performers...
...film surprises not so much with the incredible story that it tells, but with the way in which it tells it. It’s clear from the very start that this will be an against-the-odds sports movie (likely a tearjerker) but what’s less expected is the humor that consistently accompanies the serious narrative...
...wholeheartedly inhabits her role as pushy, driven, no-nonsense Southern wife cum interior decorator, complete with a perfect accent no doubt drawn from her Virginia roots. Kathy Bates also shines as Michael’s tutor, a fanatical devotee of her alma mater, Ole Miss. Once recruitment offers start pouring in, she takes it upon herself to warn Michael away from arch-rival University of Tennessee by convincing him of the body parts buried beneath their football field...
...effective financial regulation, even for something as minor and clearly exploitative as overdraft protection services. It doesn’t make you optimistic about ever setting good rules on credit cards, whose effect on our society is far more pernicious. Credit-card regulation passed last spring was a good start but ultimately does little more than limit banks’ ability to market credit cards to students and require them to warn you before they do something like raise your interest rates from 19 to 30 percent in the space of one month, even if you haven?...
...registration part where they're requesting classes. That's their job." She's come to appreciate the please-back-off vibe she's encountered. "I hope that we're getting away from the helicopter parenting," Meyer says. "Our philosophy is 'Give 'em the morals, give 'em the right start, but you've got to let them go.' They deserve to live their own lives." (See the 10 best iPhone apps for dads...