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...Velez. He will spend the summer shooting the film and the fall term editing it. Velez is mainly interested in documenting contemporary topics, although he is not entirely sure what topics he would like to pursue in the future, since "when you come up with a topic, you commit to it for six months." Velez also plans on doing a thesis, although he is not yet sure what about; as he says, "it's really hard to know what you are going into when you start a project. You have to case about for awhile." Next fall, along with editing...
...disappeared from many maps after 1962 when Eritrea was incorporated into Ethiopia, but reemerged with the amicable secession of Eritrea in 1993, following the overthrow of Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam. Both countries insist Badme falls on their side of the geographically invisible line, and they appear willing to commit tens of thousands of lives to win the argument. "Everyone knows an arms embargo won't do anything to end the fighting because there are so many weapons stockpiled in both countries," says Dowell. "But an embargo will certainly impede both countries' ability to wage war a few years from...
...think the solution is to tenure one person every 13 years but to commit to tenuring junior people as other institutions do," she said...
...Understanding Suicide. "It's rather a whole cluster of changes in behavior and mood and sleep and eating patterns and energy levels." Professionals tell parents to look for dramatic changes in behavior or appearance, changes in weight, changes in performance in school. Any talk about wanting to die or commit suicide should make a parent go on red alert...
Studies also show that males act very differently from females when it comes to suicide. Attempts are common among girls, but completion is quite rare. "Boys are five times as likely to commit suicide, and they're much less likely to talk about it," says psychiatrist David Schaffer, president of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. "If a boy talks about suicide, that statistically carries a far higher risk of some tragedy occurring than when a girl does...