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...says Karen Fleming, a black sophomore who went to Irvine after turning down Berkeley. "This campus has more of a family feeling." Irvine students say minorities on campus pull for one another, both informally and formally, through the Irvine chapter of the California Alliance for Minority Participation, a program, funded by the National Science Foundation, for minorities in the sciences. "At Berkeley and Los Angeles, there's so much competition, even between black bio majors," says Marchand. "That's not how it's supposed to be--we're supposed to be helping one another...
Cheap fares and rates aren't the only reasons to travel off-season. Fewer crowds usually mean better service, and many hotels and cruise lines offer special programs. True, they do so as a way to increase bookings and fill rooms, but that doesn't change the fact that these programs are often excellent and usually of particular interest to a sophisticated audience. The Hyatt Regency in Beaver Creek, Colo., co-sponsors an education program for those over age 50 called Explore '99, with wide-ranging areas of study to choose from: astronomy, global issues, painting, history, music. The week...
Watkins and other top specialists employ a program of "trunk stabilization" exercises for professional and amateur athletes. The idea is simple: put the spine in a safe, neutral position; then run it through a series of rotational exercises designed to increase overall range of motion and strengthen the supporting muscles of the spine. (A description of these trunk-stabilization exercises can be found at www.spinecenter.org...
Clark is a product of the United States National Development Program and was heavily recruited by Harvard last year...
...them to take care of the elderly,? says Dickerson. The result is that HMOs have decided to fight back, leaving many seniors with a continuity dilemma for next year: whether to accept fewer benefits at higher fees, sign up with a different HMO, or return to the standard Medicare program...