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...often ambitious projects. “Theater technicians are like water. Tech theater is like goldfish,” Clarks says. “You know how goldfish will grow to fit their bowl? So do we, kicking and screaming.” Clark has gone beyond the basic requirements of “growing to fit the bowl.” He sacrificed a spring break his sophomore year to revitalize a flagging production and spent 30 hours during the week and 20 over the weekend in the theatre his sophomore and junior years. “Looking back...
Weighing in at exactly 143 pounds each, these two guys provided an excellent example of basic boxing. Nguyen described his fighting style as more of a straight puncher, and the match bore him out. One noteworthy observation--as each punched, a slight "breath" sound could be heard, which according to Nguyen is what happens as as boxer tightens up his stomach muscles to better handle the blows. At one point a spectator could be heard calling, "Haran, you're so sexy!" from the audience. Nguyen left the second round with a bloody nose but seemed upbeat about his performance...
...culmination of a two-year planning and discussion process initiated by the Portuguese government, according to Tomas Kirchhausen, an HMS cell biology professor and one of the architects of the program. One major goal of the collaboration is to expand translational research, which aims to apply the findings of basic science investigations to clinical practices and treatments. Kirchhausen, who will serve as HMS Director of the HMS-Portugal Program, said that the new program would be funded entirely by the Portuguese government, although the precise amount has not yet been finalized. “We’re all very...
...that he hoped the report was the first indication of an upturn in the national economy. In order to foster economic recovery, Seidel said the state government should help the banking industry, make long-term investments in infrastructure, and support people who were negatively impacted by recession through basic social supports. According to MassBenchmarks Co-editor Alan Clayton-Matthews, the current index looks at gross state product, employment, unemployment rate, state withholding taxes, and state sales taxes, while the leading index takes into account consumer confidence and initial unemployment claims, among other indicators. —Staff writer Liyun...
...stone bench and a streetlight, the center is strung up with holiday lights framing a long table strewn with red Solo cups and near-empty rum bottles, and stage left depicts a dorm room with a bunk bed and a cluttered wooden desk.While condensing the college scene into these basic settings, the partitioning also represents the integration of the characters’ very different lives into one continuous narrative. In front of these raised, partitioned sets, the stage is used as a unifying setting in which all the characters come together. The front stage serves as both an extension...