Word: urban
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Other Ivy League schools in urban areas moredangerous than Cambridge can expect a hugeincrease in crimes reported. According to theDaily Pennsylvanian, the student newspaper of theUniversity of Pennsylvania (Penn), campus policereported only 10 percent of robberies to Pennstudents; the other 90 percent occurred in theenvirons of downtown Philadelphia...
Catharsis, self-improvement, escapism, ignorance...but if you are going willingly to watch Urban Legend, the latest teen scream flick to hit the shallow-entertainment market, here are some suggestions for what to say when others ask you why on earth...
...could say, "Well, I lack imagination, and have no appreciation for the value of a plot." The achievement of Urban Legend is that it gives you the visuals to go with all those stories you've heard before, because, God knows, we no longer have the brainpower to see stories in our heads anymore. Stories like the infamous kidney heist, or the familiar axe-murderer in the backseat of the car, are incarnated on film for the weak-at-mind. It's a film where everyone can be the loud-mouthed ass to cry, "I know what happens next...
Even the basket premise which knots these urban legends together is remarkably unoriginal. When a string of violent and bizarre murders occur on the campus of Pendleton College, spunky and independent student Natalie (Alicia Witt) realizes that a psychopath has decided to turn urban legends into reality. Her friends are all predictably skeptical, and consequently go on to die in ways corresponding to how nasty they have been. There is your slutty girl, your practical joker, your loyal best friend, not to mention the lone dean, soul security officer and only janitor--it's like a morality play, except without...
...Clinton has sought throughout his presidency. MacDonald and Campolo, both evangelical ministers, are spiritual celebrities, motivational speakers and authors of self-help books. Campolo, a sociology professor at Eastern College in St. Davids, Pa., describes himself as "politically liberal but theologically conservative" and has fought for justice for the urban poor and homosexuals. MacDonald, senior minister at interdenominational Grace Chapel in Lexington, Mass., admitted 11 years ago to an adulterous affair and resigned his position. After extensive counseling, he returned to pastoring. He chronicles his recovery in Rebuilding Your Broken World, a book that Clinton told MacDonald he had recently...