She has rubbed elbows with Tom Cruise, kissed Paul Walker and taken pictures with Johnny Knoxville, among many others. On campus, most students would remember her roles as the cadaver Spenalzo in Arsenic and Old Lace, a Nubian slave in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, assistant director for The Crucible, and the supernatural tour guide for Urban Legends, this year�s Haunted House. But Ailin Pedrossian�s (�07) true passion is directing and making her own collection of homemade skits and commercials.
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Who would drive a �funny car?�
Twelve-time NHRA funny car champion Gary Densham does and shows it to students in 60 schools every year. Densham retired after visiting Hoover on October 28.

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Imagine having two fathers or two mothers.
It sounds out of the ordinary, yet researchers from youdebate.com estimate that there may be up to 14 million children in America living with at least one homosexual parent.

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Pushing, shoving, bumping, yelling, fighting, and screaming � a familiar scene in the hallways during passing periods.
Over the past few years, enrollment of students has gone down, yet the problem of overcrowded hallways has seemingly gotten worse. During the few minutes between each period every day, students are forced to move slowly through the narrow hallways like herded cattle. This leads to inadvertent pushing and shoving, which often escalates into minor arguments or full-blown physical fights.

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Name, religion, ethnicity, body types � just a few of the many blank spaces students fill out to reveal their personal information to the public. Millions of Myspace users, along with many users of other Internet forums, display their personal information for the world to see.
What is the reason for this?

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The elephant and the donkey seem to be quarreling because of President George W. Bush�s nomination of Federal Appeals Court Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. for Supreme Court Justice.
The elephant is winning.

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