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...approximately $3,000, according to Verma. Compared to dance marathons held at other colleges throughout the nation, the HCDM’s fundraising efforts fell short. The Children’s Miracle Network Dance Marathon Program has aided different colleges throughout the nation to raise anywhere from a few thousand dollars to over $100,000. Penn State—the first school to partner with the network in 1973—raised over $5.2 million in 2007. At Harvard, the concept behind the marathon was spearheaded by Nneka F. Ufere ’08, Emily J. Nelson...
...presentation about Vietnamese poetry and music by Nguyen Ngoc Bich, a translator and lecturer specializing in Vietnamese literature. Many students said this was their first time being exposed to Vietnamese poetry and music. “It was just amazing to be able to hear poetry from a thousand years ago,” said Jeremy N. Tran ’09, last year’s president of the Vietnamese Association, “Vietnamese poetry isn’t boring. It’s quite sexual and talks a lot about desire and being drunk...
...urged not to patronize their businesses or services. The list of donors was culled from data on ElectionTrack.com, which follows all contributions of $1,000 and more and all contributions of more than $100 given before Oct. 17. Dentists, accountants, veterinarians and the like who gave a few thousand dollars to the cause are listed alongside major donors like the Container Supply Company Inc. of Garden Grove, which gave $250,000. "Anyone who steps into a political fight aimed at taking away fundamental rights from fellow citizens opens themselves up to criticism," said Wolfson. "The First Amendment gives them...
...Academically, he continued to lag, and various members of the faculty implied-or said outright-that he would never amount to anything. The athletic coaches disagreed: the following year Bud won letters in track and football, finished first in the school decathalon, and set a record by doing one thousand straight push-ups. He might have done more, but a teacher, worried that the youth would strain his heart, ordered him to stop...
...movie debuted a few weeks ago to $30.5 million in box office receipts, which earned it the number two spot in the country behind “High School Musical 3.” (No pasty-faced moralizing psychopath stands a chance against golden-boy Zac Efron and his thousand-watt tan.) That’s five “Saw” movies in five years, each (after the first) debuting in the $30 million dollar range with the number one or number two slot at the box office...