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...would often walk to school with five other girls whose conversations consisted of "gabbing about the opposite sex." These girls would often ask him for advice or his opinion of certain boys. Becker found himself in a position which he argues is not all that unfamiliar to any male with female friends: the representative for all guys. "I got pretty acclimated to being the universal guy, who knew everything about guy things. My friends would ask me typical junior high stuff--like should I call or not." As he grew older, he realized that the confusion between the sexes tends...
...threatened species. But because elephants in the wild live in tight-knit groups, the relocation was also a major experiment in social engineering--and like so many such experiments, it has had unexpected consequences. Since 1978, almost 1,500 orphan calves, 600 of them males, have been moved to unfamiliar locations and raised with no exposure to adult elephants or the hierarchical social structure that defines elephant life...
...there it is. Krueger's death was tragic, but it has happened before and it will happen again, because many students are unfamiliar with their own limits. The onus of preventing alcohol-induced deaths is certainly on administrations to some degree; they must educate students about the risks of consuming large quantities of alcohol and they must encourage responsible drinking. But ultimately, college students must make their own choices. Scott Krueger, now that he's gone, is an example to every current and future college student: if it could happen to him, it could happen...
Godard, the Don Corleone of the French New Wave, speaks a language that is both unfamiliar and seductive. As a university student in Paris in the 1950s, Godard spent his days in dark pockets of Left Bank cinema clubs. He soon began to contribute to Parisian film journals, in which he wrote reviews and articles under the whispery pseudonym Hans Lucas. When his wealthy parents cut off his pocket money, he took to robbery but remained an avid fan of the cinema, even from the depths of a prison cell...
...have one of our investments in a computer company," said Thiessen, who said he was initially unfamiliar with the field. "Some of our partners knew much more, and they explained to me what a network is, what servers do and why the technology is good...