ENTHUSIASM+NERVES = COLLEGE FRESHMEN HIGH SCHOOL GRADS PREPARE FOR COLLEGE LIFE.Trading home-cooked meals for cold pizza Cold Pizza is a television morning sports talk show that was shown on weekday mornings on ESPN2. The show's format included daily sports news, interviews with sports journalists, athletes, and personalities, and an assortment of other sports and non-sports topics. , and gentle wake-up nudges from mom (1) (Messaging-Oriented Middleware) See messaging middleware. (2) (Microsoft Operations Manager) Software that monitors and captures system and application events throughout the network. for blaring alarm clocks, many San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. high school graduates will soon head to colleges far from the comforts of home. Even for those who will attend local colleges and universities, the excitement of beginning their adult lives leaves many hopeful but others a bit apprehensive. As a peer college counselor at Taft High School, Weiss Hamid, 17, has researched many universities and met many college representatives. He has learned that community colleges offer an excellent and affordable alternative to four-year universities for students not sure about their major. ``I decided to go (to Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. Community College), pay less and get a better focus on things,'' Hamid said. Complete story on Page 6 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Taft High School senior Weiss Hamid works as a peer college counselor and has set his sights on UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX or UC Berkeley, but he'll enroll first at Santa Monica Community College while he settles on a major. Rick Coca/Valley News |
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