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that they have been raped than at schools where this topic is dealt with...
...more likely possibility is that because rape is such an ignored topic on this campus, people are less likely to report being raped even...
...Gore has grabbed his pointer and chalk, determined to teach his way over the top. "Are you ready for some issues and specifics?" Gore roared in Everett, Wash., Monday - a battle cry nobody's ever tried before. The aides promise a topic a day: prosperity, education, the new economy, environment and energy, tax cuts and health benefits. And in doing so, a reminder that the veep has been part of the most unceasing period of prosperity in American history. Gore may be determinedly keeping Clinton at arm's length - and clearly expecting some integrity points for doing...
...last time, class. Gore will work 17-hour days, go to every battleground state, crowd and kitchen table, and preach his issues, detail by policy detail. He will stress "choices," "priorities," and the "are you better off" question, on whatever topic and in whatever degree of southern twang is appropriate to the gathering. His political sense drives him to promise a continuation; his vanity makes him promise change. And he's banking that if he explains himself long enough and well enough, voters will do their homework, vote with their heads and choose him over the red sports...
Admissions officers love a good against-all-odds story. "We like to see that kids have overcome adversity," says Cornell's Gabard. "Goodness knows, they'll face adversity in college." Provided the adversity is authentic--like a death in the family--it can make a much more gripping essay topic than a summer jaunt through Europe. And if applicants have suffered any dip in academic performance, they need to account for it, either in an essay or in a counselor's letter...