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...life-long commitment. "Middle school is a crucial time in life. You are making a lot of decisions about what kind of person you are going to be," says Vera Garrity, 24, a Young Heroes and City Year alumna now in her second year at the University of Virginia Law School. "After being in City Year, no matter what I do, I will always do service," says Garrity, who is planning a career in public-interest law. "After seeing people who are so committed and who are sacrificing so much or struggling so hard, it is impossible not to think...
...Great Sexwatch of 2004--05 was an artifact of its political era--remember "values voters"? But so is the violence crusade. Democrats now control Congress, and they get as exercised about violence as conservatives do about sex. Liberal Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia threatened that if broadcasters won't police violence, "the Federal Government must step up." If you favor Washington oversight of media, gory TV is your new opportunity area...
...high priority—and that two-thirds did not even know what percentage of the electorate was accounted for by voters ages 18 to 24. The results were presented as part of an IOP workshop conducted Friday. The presentation pointed to recent senate races in Virginia and Montana, where strong youth support carried the eventual winners to success. These elections were used to show that the engagement of young voters is a key to any successful campaign. IOP Research Director David C. King said that some “good, rational reasons” for the treatment...
...this country has been declining.” “The main point of my program is to regain the moral high ground America should hold,” he said. Jaccaci said he will start his campaign tour by delivering a speech at the University of Virginia on May 1. He hopes to visit South Carolina, Nevada, Iowa, and New Hampshire, as well. “I’ll continue campaigning right through till the election,” Jaccaci said. After graduating from the College in 1960, Jaccaci attended the Graduate School of Education, and studied...
...Field trying to prove that they are two good teams who have just been under-performing.And it was the Minutemen who escaped with a narrow 11-10 victory after maintaining a steady lead for most of the game.UMass, which played in last year’s NCAA championship game against Virginia, returned only one of its starting attackmen this year.The Crimson’s leading scorer last year, senior attackman Evan Calvert, played his first game back from injury, but was “playing hurt,” according to Harvard coach Scott Anderson.“[Calvert...