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...talk about gadgets, women tend to seek intimate relationships in which they can reveal more of themselves. "A woman's inclination to get together and be supported by women friends is a basic process that has its roots in ancient neurocircuitry," says Shelley Taylor, professor of psychology at UCLA and author of The Tending Instinct: Women, Men and the Biology of Relationships (Times Books). She says having a close friend can be a life-enhancing experience in more ways than you might expect. "There's good evidence that friendship is an important tool for down-regulating stress," she says...
Allard settled on Michigan—a school that had yet to win a conference title and was far from the nationally successful programs of UCLA and Cal State-Fullerton—because, as she describes it, it “just felt right.” Landing Allard was a big coup for the Wolverines, as she was the first big-time recruit to leave the cozy confines of California to take a chance on a program out east...
While Keefe grew up with Opus Dei, his Elmbrook housemate, Daniel R. Tapia ’05 says he met the Work at a business program he attended at UCLA while still a junior in high school. His family, he writes in an e-mail, “doesn’t understand religion and God,” but supports him in his decision to become closer to God and Opus Dei through residence at Elmbrook...
...nature of the “intellectual apostolate” preached by Opus Dei founder Escriva that the Work try to reach the brightest minds. This might explain the presence of Opus Dei centers near the campuses of not only Harvard, but also Princeton, Stanford, Brown, Columbia, UCLA, Georgetown and at least ten other American colleges...
Joining him in debating were Dennis Henigan, director of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence’s Legal Action Program, and Eugene Volokh, a professor at UCLA School of Law. Elena Kagan, an HLS professor chosen last week to be the school’s new dean, moderated the debate...