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Gentilucci would also take third in the 400 IM later in the meet. Senior Will Oren, currently ranked second in the country in the 200 butterfly, won that event in 1:50.17 while sophomore Cory Walker took third...
...ready to blow up at HYP," sophomore Rick Dewey said of Walker, who participated in Olympic Trials last summer in the event. "He's really been kicking ass in practice...
These injuries are not to be taken lightly. According to the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, only 25% of those who suffer hip fractures ever fully recover; as many as 20% will die within 12 months. Even when patients do recover, nearly half will need a cane or a walker to get around...
...Walker skillfully depicts her tangled upbringing, full of disappointment and privilege, but she fails to weight those memories with the resonance of close, insightful scrutiny. Perhaps that's why there is no sustained consideration of race or religion as promised in the title; both seem largely incidental to the fallout from the ravages of a broken home...
...true for others on the mainstream's margins, being born biracial is an invitation to view the world from the wondrous, troubling perspective of insider/outsider. Walker, now 31, employed her obvious intellect and political convictions several years ago in co-founding Third Wave, an activist organization for women ages 15 to 30, but in this book she seems too enmeshed in the raw emotions of her early years to take advantage of her birthright...