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...students more emotionally fragile than their predecessors? No one can say, though some point to grueling pressures to succeed in an era of economic uncertainty and heightened parental expectations. Hal Pruett, director of student psychological services at UCLA, recalls a tense freshman who became so distracted by inner turmoil that he couldn't study. "He kept saying, 'I can't afford to get a C.' I asked why, and he said, 'I won't get into medical school, and my parents will disown...
...DIED. ELLIOTT SMITH, 34, folk rocker known for spare, moody songs about depression, turmoil and lost love; from an apparently self-inflicted stabbing; in Los Angeles. Smith recorded five CDs, which impressed critics and inspired a cult following. In 1998 he won an Oscar nomination for Miss Misery, one of five songs he wrote for the film Good Will Hunting...
...last night’s candidates’ forum, the turmoil surrounding last year’s consolidation stayed out of the arena as candidates attempted to define their platforms on a range of other issues, from curriculum to allocation of school funds...
Until now, that is. Jackman, 35, has spent the past three years assembling a sturdy little pre-movie-star career, adding a few heroes in turmoil (notably Wolverine in the X-Men movies) to a clutch of swoony romantic interests (in Kate & Leopold and Someone Like You). His next project, Van Helsing, in which he plays a 19th century monster hunter, will be the first movie in which he's the main attraction. So what does Jackman do while waiting for its release? He takes on Broadway in an unknown show called The Boy from...
...Class of 1973, which reunion committee co-chair Marion M.E. Dry ’73 described as a “very politically active group of students,” were themselves no stranger to political turmoil during their time at the College...