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Making a couple hundred thousand dollars profit in a weekend, sipping Dom Pérignon champagne, and sitting ringside at a Mike Tyson fight may sound like a dream to most college students. But to blackjack gurus David Irvine and William B. Kaplan ’77, it was just...

Author: By Wyatt P. Gleichauf, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Gamblers Recount Blackjack Tales | 4/22/2008 | See Source »

O’Neill was also praised by his second set of teammates for his character and commitment.

Author: By Michael J. Buckley, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rookie Shines in Multi-Sport Role | 4/22/2008 | See Source »

To the horror of some in the Air Force, Gates cited the late John Boyd, who attained the rank of Air Force colonel, as an example young officers should emulate. Gates called him "a brilliant, eccentric and stubborn character" who had to bulldoze his way through the Air Force hierarchy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Air Force Bugs Gates | 4/21/2008 | See Source »

...voice, but he provides a solid performance in the second act. Jakim plays both an energetic little boy and a conservative divorcee well. Rob D. Salas ’08 is almost aggravating in his colonizing patriarchal role yet manages to portray a young girl with wonderful liveliness and characterization. Alex R. Breaux ’09 provides an excellent anchor to the ridiculousness in the first act and continues to hold attention during his monologues about casual gay sex. The ensemble does its best, and while they manage to produce some laughs with their over-the-top antics...

Author: By Kerry A. Goodenow, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Forced Farce Rains on ‘Cloud Nine’ | 4/20/2008 | See Source »

In the first scene of “The Visitor,” Walter Vale struggles in his weekly piano lesson to bend his fingers into the correct position. As his teacher departs, she tells the aging economics professor, “Learning an instrument at your age is difficult...

Author: By Jessica R. Henderson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Visitor | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

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