Never a Dull Moment

Surrounded by her 165 "daughters" in the academy girls' dorm, Dean Rizzo sometimes felt like the old woman who lived in the shoe. Other times she felt like a mother hen. Or a referee. Or maybe a drill sergeant.

If you want peace and quiet, comfortable routine, and the familiarity of the humdrum, keep your distance from an academy girls' dorm. For its halls reverberate with nonstop energy, drama, mischief, tears and laughter.

But if you love young people and can appreciate a dean's challenge ...