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...today, scream loudly in Annenberg, and wail your cheers for House pride. Venture out of the Yard to tour your new home. And make a good impression on your older housemates—no one likes a party pooper, so don’t act dejected at your housing assignment...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: You’ve been Housed | 3/22/2006 | See Source »

...three students at Seton Hall University died in a dormitory fire. Such tragedies are avoidable, however, and we call upon the University to raise awareness of fire safety—and for students to react more responsibly when they hear the shrill wail of a fire alarm...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: The Roof! The Roof! | 10/7/2005 | See Source »

...battlefield so that the insurgents could not blend back into the fold. The scenes are heart wrenching: the Kurds burst into houses as families gather for breakfast, ordering them at gunpoint onto the street with only the possessions and provisions they can grab in a few seconds. Women wail, and children cling to their mothers' sides, as they head to temporary camps on the city's fringe. Although explosions can be heard in the distance, the town takes on an eerie silence. "The city has never been this quiet," says a U.S. special-forces officer. "They're either getting ready...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chasing the Ghosts | 9/18/2005 | See Source »

...early afternoon, and the smells of dirty diapers and grease mingle in the bleak Minneapolis apartment. The TV is tuned to All My Children, and Stephanie Charette, 17, has collapsed on the sofa. Her rest is brief. Above the babble of the actors' voices comes a piercing wail. Larissa, her three-week-old daughter, is hungry. In an adjacent bedroom, Joey, l l/2 years old and recovering from the flu, starts to stir. Stephanie, who is an American Indian and one of ten children herself, first became pregnant at 15. It was an "accident," she explains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Children Having Children | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...turn into a story. Neither job nor hobby, scanning is my addiction. Whenever I’m out and about I feel the painful sting of withdrawal from my scanner. At the first sound of a siren my ears perk up and my heart quickens. By the second wail I’m off and running toward my room...

Author: By Jonathan P. Abel, | Title: Scanning the News | 6/8/2005 | See Source »

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