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Dates: during 1990-1999
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The same, unfortunately, cannot be said for Moonchildren. Set during the '66-'67 school year, the play revolves around the lives of seven college hippies--five men and two women--living communally in an apartment in New York. The issue of the day is the Vietnam War, and the men...

Author: By Sarah E. Kramer, | Title: Common Problems for an 'Uncommon' Production | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

I wish I could say that the actors did as best they could with the undeveloped material they were given. Unfortunately, they seemed to exacerbate the situation. Joe Nuccio '01 as Mike yells and jumps around so much that even potentially funny speeches become annoying. His chauvinist roommate Dick (Josh...

Author: By Sarah E. Kramer, | Title: Common Problems for an 'Uncommon' Production | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

Benjamin W. Dreyfus '01 is a showman. One can only imagine what the self-proclaimed "long-haired liberal" is thinking. Are his antics a campaign tactic? Or is this Dreyfus in his natural habitat? He could be the John McCain of the Undergraduate Council, exploiting his image as an out...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dartboard | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

Certainly, there is a case to be made for this. Honorifics are basically dead. The idea of agonizing over "Ms." seems quaint because the idea of calling anybody "Mister" or "Missus" or indeed anything other than "Hey, you" has faded away. Go into Abercrombie & Fitch, and the teenage sales clerks...

Author: By George W. Hicks, | Title: Don't Be Rude | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

Of course, the other sort of forced familiarity occurs at The Wrap, where the cashiers take your first name during the order, as if to imply a more "personal" connection to the customer, while staring down at the register during the entire transaction. I have encountered another type of rudeness...

Author: By George W. Hicks, | Title: Don't Be Rude | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

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