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Hereford, Texas "TOWN WITHOUT A TOOTHACHE" A water supply chock-full of natural fluoride means tooth decay is rare here...
It’s so wonderfully diverse and so chock full of talented people that it’s amazing for anyone to jump in and be whatever kind of artist they want to be. It’s very much for students who have taken their interests in art and run with them. Dramatically, there are so many opportunities to do your own shows, to learn from people at the Loeb, and to put on a play anywhere. There’s also a lot of cross-pollination with the dance and the visual arts community. You just have...
...Turn the radio dial a bit, and political discourse gives way to rants on straying husbands or disobedient teenagers. Social issues may not have the gravitas of incipient revolution, but talk radio addresses far more than a political need. Traditional Asian culture is chock-full of taboo subjects: sex, religion, sex, suicide and sex. Talk radio allows the shy and curious alike to discuss issues they would never dare broach even with their closest friends. Ye Sha hosts a late-night radio show in Shanghai, a city where the neon present collides with Confucian tradition. These days, many...
American writers are chock-full of homespun originality and pith. How to account for the dreck produced by American students? I don’t think it’s our fault; it’s what they do to us. Faulkner said that writing is about killing your darlings. When we write papers, we slaughter our ancestors and submit ourselves to sterilization. I wish someone had taken me aside during Freshman Week and told me then what I have since learned the hard way: that the fundamental principle of paper-writing consists in saying things that sound vaguely familiar...
...above all, keep us entertained. Keep us awake. Be bold, be personal, be witty, be chock full of facts. I’m sure you can do it all without studying...