Word: townes
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...social interaction. The limited surroundings require you to get creative with dates--if you have any. Williams' dating scene is debatably lacking, though it may not be an uncommon college phenomenon. Part of the problem is that the town is asleep by 11 p.m.: only Subway and the two bars stay open until 2 a.m. The party policy was revised recently; without invites secured by your house president, getting in can be difficult. Smaller parties are usually better, though you and your buddies will fund them. For some students, however, the smallness of the community can become stifling. The occasional...
...social interaction. The limited surroundings require you to get creative with dates - if you have any. Williams' dating scene is debatably lacking, though it may not be an uncommon college phenomenon. Part of the problem is that the town is asleep by 11 p.m.; only Subway and the two bars stay open until 2 a.m. The party policy was revised recently; without invites secured by your house president, getting in can be difficult. Smaller parties are usually better, though you and your buddies will fund them...
...oceanside town of Margate, N.J., children recycled Christmas trees as a means to stave off beach erosion. They planted castoff trees in a trench along the beach, which trapped wind-blown sand and anchored a new sand dune. "The trees were heavy, and some were bigger than me!" recalls fourth-grader Jim Abbott. When fierce nor'easters rushed across the beach, the dune built by kids and bolstered by balsam firs held up, while nearby dunes washed away...
...nonstop sense of humor, the kind that could always cheer you up. And Ethan Thrower, sweet kid, churchgoer, MVP on the track team, a member of the elite Royal Blues choir, honor roll, yearbook, the whole deal. They were the most popular kids at the biggest school in town, a public school but a prestigious one--it even has a lacrosse team--a place so idyllic that Hollywood came there to film Mr. Holland's Opus...
...York, with 69 students from prekindergarten through 12th grade. The two-story brick schoolhouse was built for 400 children in 1948, when a titanium and magnetite mine was operating nearby. After the mine closed about a decade ago, the student body dwindled, and the state pressured the town to shut the school...