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...last Wednesday to upend the Quaker’s Sydney Scott in a back-and-forth five-game battle. Guruge played around disappointing showings in the first and fourth games to take the match, 4-9, 9-4, 9-7, 3-9, 9-6.—Staff writer Barret P. Kenny can be reached at bpkenny@fas.harvard.edu...
...within the university's bounds. "Steelworker," a figurative piece by Chicano artist Luis Jimenez, stands proudly in a Statue-of-Liberty-esque pose over the plaza. Though intended as a symbol of humanity against the bleak brick, "Steelworker" doesn't quite appeal to some beholders. Student Jeff Barret believes that the piece is "in keeping with the overall brutalist, industrial theme" of the UMass campus. "Looking at 'Steelworker,' I see something chrome, hard, cold. He doesn't look happy," comments Barret. "This whole place is brutalist. It could use a little levity," he adds...
...Gretel for Disney's new cable station in the same year as Vincent, Burton was then allowed to develop and direct "Frankenweenie", a 25-minute film that served as a precursor for all of Burton's work to come. In the short feature, ten-year-old suburbanite Victor Frankenstein (Barret Oliver of Neverending Story fame) reanimates his dead dog, Sparky. Filmed in black-and-white, with make-up on Sparky complete with little neck bolts and stitches, "Frankenweenie" was a modest success for the filmmaker that eventually opened the door for his first feature film: Pee-Wee's Big Adventure...
...succeeded in drawing the entire audience into his little world of metaphorical associations. Though he is often described in the rock press as eccentric (Details magazine once went so far as to show him Rorschach blots; the verdict was complete sanity) and frequently compared to Pink Floyd's Syd Barret (pre-permanent acid trip), by the end the crowd assembled was ready to call him a lyrical genius, albeit a cryptic...
...positives from New Adventures in Hi-Fi and combines them with traditional R.E.M. The absence of Berry, who left as the result of a brain aneurysm during the Monster Tour, translates itself into an exotic mixture of spacey beats on several tracks. Screaming Trees drummer Barret Martin and Beck's Joey Waronker add occasional human drumming, but in reality, the drumming doesn't play too major a role in the guitar and vocal-driven group...