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2P L-14 THE RECORD LOCAL NEWS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2001 The cure for channel surfing i 1 He- mi a HARVARD UNIVERSITY Steven E. Hyman was "class intellect" in his Teaneck High School yearbook. He holds degrees from Yale, Cambridge, and Harvard. He will assume the provost's position at Harvard in December. Teaneck product is named No.

2 leader at Harvard As provost, he will be principal planning officer By ADAM LISBERG Staff Writer A 1970 graduate of Teaneck High School was named provost of Harvard University on Monday after serving five years as director of the National Institute of Mental Health. Steven E. Hyman will assume the provost's position in December, mak- 1LJL 1L JLVy 11 HJ- "We always felt he was a very bright young man," Julian Hyman said. "It is really quite an honor that Harvard reached out to a physician to be its provost." Hyman earned a bachelor's degree from Yale University in 1974, a master's degree from the University of Cambridge in 1976, and a doctorate from Harvard Medical School in 1980. He stayed at Harvard and rose through the faculty and administrative ranks until leaving for the National Institute of Mental Health in 1996.

"My brother and I went to Hebrew school with him," said Teaneck Mayor Paul Ostrow. "He was a brilliant student very methodical, brilliant, and he had a great sense of humor." The Weekly Television Guide More movies. More channels. More descriptions. Easier to read grids.

ihg him the principal planning and policy officer of Harvard and second in command to President Lawrence H. Summers. "Steve Hyman is an outstanding, scientist, an admired educator, and a creative organizational leader," Summers said in a statement. "He's also a warm and insightful person, with an excellent grasp of the human dimensions of an academic community." Hyman, 49, grew" up in Teaneck and attended its public schools. He was captain of the Teaneck High School wrestling team and was named "class intellect" in the senior yearbook.

"It was a great place to grow up," Hyman said. "The school was large enough and diverse enough to be very stimulating." His parents, Julian and Elaine Hyman, still live in the same Teaneck house where he and his brother and sister grew up. Now Hosting Super Soccer Parties EBTIKDAY At North Jersey's 01 Indoor Arena f'gji Spectacular grass-like field, video games and more ffkwj BOOK YOUR PARTY NOW! JIIHJniU. register now for foe ftorfr Grades pre-K thru 8, UUUOlUitI weekdays Dec-March ai trmuj Convenient Location Plenty of Fret Parking Cal for nora tali: (201) 986-0096 Staff Writer Adam Lisberg's e-mail address is lisbergnorthjersey.com pBBBgl Log onto www.metfosfars.com to learn about how you can meet the players and receive free gifts through A I 13 UnitedHealthcare" A UnitedHealth Group Company i 1 1-S8S-4METROTIX Did You Know. In our last activity you evaluated the comic Look again at the comic strips in today's Record.

Using six different comic strips complete the following: a) List five common nouns from the comics you chose: 3. CONTEXT CLUES! Words have many meanings. There are thousands of words in the English language. It is impossible for us to know every one. Sometimes we can determine the meaning of words that we don't know by using the other words in the sentence to help.

This is called using context clues. Choose an article from the front page of today's Record. Find five words in the article that are unfamiliar to you. Write the word, write the sentence it is in and using the sentence to help, write what you think it means. Use a separate sheet of paper to complete your answers.

b) List five proper nouns from the comics you chose: Six MetroStars players, along with Head Coach Octavio Zambrano, led the East All-Stars to a 9-4 victory over the West All-Stars at the 2000 All-Star game in Columbus, Ohio. c) List five verbs from the comics you chose: Word: 1 Sentence: d) List five adjectives from the comics you chose: I think that this word means: What other words in the sentence helped you? e) List five pronouns from the comics you chose: Now look up the word in the dictionary and write its definition here: October 31 Wed. Millionarios (Col) November 21 Wed. Chivas (Mex) Time: TBA Time: TBA Was your guess dose to the real 2. An important part of being a comic strip author is creativity.

Be creative. Make three new words that can be used in a comic strip. Give each word a definition and tell what part of speech it is. Use your new words in a sentence that might appear in one of the comic strips. New word: 4.

Use each of the words that you found in exercise 3 in an original sentence. Sentence: MetroStars Chalk up a Goat, including its valuable package of support material, is sponsored by the MetroStars. Many other skill-building units are availabl through The Records Newspaper In Education Program. For more information call: 201-6464713 or visit the NIE web site at a M.t .3 New word: Sentence: www.ui erecoranie.com IMP 1 New word: Definition: Sentence: Discover TheWorld through Newspaper In Education Jo contact yew favorite MetroSt write to him coc I Chalk Up A Coal is written by Denise Heitman, Principal at Cherry Hill School, in the River Edge School District and James Marcella, Principal at Sparta Middle School, in the Sparta School District www. On Harmon Plaza.

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