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...time in her career when she was asked to visit American soldiers in war-time Kosovo during one Thanksgiving, as a sort of “Marilyn Monroe-like figure” to buoy military spirits. As she tells it, her “Why’d they pick me?” wondering was answered when she discovered that many of the soldiers serving were from Hispanic backgrounds...
...That left Canada's women to pick up the slack, and did they ever. Although outnumbered by men (110 to 88), the women won twice as many medals (16 to 8). That continues the trend since 2002, when women won nine and the men seven, plus a shared gold in pairs' figure skating. Do the Olympics mean something more to female athletes? "I think the women have something to prove," says Karin Lofstrom, executive director of the Canadian Association of Women and Sport. "This is their time to shine, to be in the limelight, and it's to their credit...
...PICK THE TOP PIC In the past 25 years, the top Oscar has usually gone to the film with the most nominations, the winner of the Directors Guild award and a film set in the past. Vote Brokeback over Crash...
...bill passed by the Undergraduate Council (UC) offering support for the distribution of condoms in every freshman dorm only adds to the notion that at college, sex is just another extracurricular activity. Soon, when freshmen go down to the basement to do their laundry, they will be able to pick up a couple condoms along the way because hey, it’s college, baby; they’ll need them...
...also claimed that students are discouraged from taking departmental classes in their first year, but those are what my adviser advised me to take—classes to help me pick my concentration. She shifted my attention from core classes and encouraged me to shop courses in departments she thought might interest me. Although I cannot vouch for the entire freshman class, I can say that my adviser steered me in the right direction. But I agree with the idea of instituting a program connecting upperclassmen with freshman in terms of advising...