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METROPOLITAN DIARY
Distressed on the Dumbo pier, meeting a college basketball legend and more reader tales of New York City in this week's Metropolitan Diary.
Sept. 19, 2021
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She was praised for her portrayal of the Virgin de Guadalupe as a feminist superhero, a young, strong, and brown woman wearing running shoes.
An undated photo of Yolanda Lopez, activist and artist. Her most well-known work, "Portrait of the Artist and the Virgin of Guadalupe," is a book on feminist history and Chicano arts. It has also been featured on T-shirts, tattoos, and other publications.
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Yolanda Lopez was
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The issue is the conduct of parents, U.S.C. admissions practices, and possibly fairness of college admissions process.
John Wilson, a private-equity executive, is accused in a $220,000 payment to obtain his son's admission to the U.S.C. He is a water polo player. He is with his wife, Leslie.
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Published Sept. 12, 2021 Updated Sept. 15, 2021
Gamal Abdelaziz, a former hotel and casino executive, is accused of
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Christelle Louis' single mother, a Haitian immigrant and certified nursing assistant at a nursing home, never went to college. But she always pushed her daughter to get the education she needed for a good job--maybe as a doctor or an engineer.
Louis would soon discover that it is harder to get this payoff for students like Louis, who are often the first to attend college.
Despite good grades in high school, Louis couldn't afford to enroll at a campus outsid
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Officials made some tweaks to the rule book for 2021. However, there could be more revisions next year.
James Franklin, Penn State's coach, called for a 2-point conversion in a match against Michigan State. 2-point conversions in overtime will become more common under a new rule.
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Published August 31, 2021 Last Updated September 3, 2021
With all of the changes around college sports this year -- pla
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More than one-third of Power 5 teams played eight games or fewer last season. Coaches are now preaching the basics more often than ever.
Coach Ryan Day of Ohio State is challenging his players -- and his coaches, too -- to reconsider their approach to fundamental football ahead of this season.
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Sept. 1, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The football coaches talked for days about the basics: how to carry the ball,
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Good news fellow millennials. Yik Yak, the anonymous messaging app that was once very popular among college students all over the country, is back. Roughly four years after the company's co-founders announced the app's shutdown, the company's Twitter account sprang back to life on Monday to announce the app was back for a new generation of Yakkers. We have many questions about the relaunch, including why? Why reboot an app that was in decline sin
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