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Water is available twice a day, and only to those who wait for it until
it's turned on. Guards drive around with loaded guns to keep watch on the
population. There is little entertainment -- no books or television. It
seems that everyone is ill and hungry, and medicine and food are scarce.
When I was a child, my parents guarded me from various things: scary
movies, large dogs and people with multiple tattoos, for example. I'm sure
your parents did the same. Of course, their overprotection probably made
me more curious -- well, except about the large dogs, but that's a different
column.
John Sayles, writer, director and editor of Limbo, describes
Alaska as "the land of second chances. If you can stand the winter and
do the job, you are welcome."
Did anyone else feel a bit underwhelmed by the heroic feats of last
year's home-run contest between Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire? Didn't it
seem to be an embarrassment of riches for major league baseball?
Ooh...
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Incoming freshmen recieve their orientation packets at the University Center Underground on Friday morning. Orientation sessions for freshmen and transfer students will be held throughout the summer.
