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Indeed, during the panel discussion on the ethical and social implications of biotechnology, students in the audience put the panelists to sharp questioning about the implications of genetic modification of humans and the role the biotechnology industry plays in suppressing or pushing research...
...Toward the end of this portion, one contestant approached the panel and whispered, "Give me a low score. I don't want to be Miss USA. These people are all phonies." She said that her own bio was entirely fabricated, and that she couldn't quit the pageant because her sponsors would be angry. She was the only contestant I wanted to win, and even though I knew it would hurt her, I couldn't help giving...
...interview. The committee happily devours one student's account of her German ancestry, titled "Ode to Sauerkraut" but spends 20 minutes agonizing over an otherwise stellar applicant who wrote a "young" essay on the inspirational aspects of Charlotte's Web. Despite her banal musings, she is admitted. But the panel is far less forgiving of an applicant whose interview was "enjoyable but not terribly deep." Her faux pas? She confided her aspirations to study fashion design, a major the college does not offer...
Toward the end of this portion, one contestant approached the panel and whispered, "Give me a low score. I don't want to be Miss USA. These people are all phonies." She said that her own bio was entirely fabricated, and that she couldn't quit the pageant because her sponsors would be angry. She was the only contestant I wanted to win, and even though I knew it would hurt her, I couldn't help giving...
...four-person panel of three students and the mother of a eating disorder sufferer maintained an upbeat tone while sharing their emotionally charged experiences...