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...event’s theme will be “Oktoberfest,” according to UC Representative John F. Voith III ’07 and UC Vice President Clay Capp ’06. The UC plans to hold the fest outside in the Quad on October 8, with performances by student bands, casual sporting events, and a barbecue complete with beer...
...Nova with plenty of heart and impressive intonation, in preparation for a concert downtown. In another room, woodblocks, timpani and bells are whipping up a rhythmic frenzy as the 75-member Fritsche Philharmonic Orchestra tackles Elliott Del Borgo's Aboriginal Rituals. In an art room, eighth-graders are shaping clay vessels to be baked in the school kiln. Down the hall, students are dabbing acrylic paints on canvas to create vivid still lifes la Vincent van Gogh. At 10:49, when the 82-min. arts period ends, kids of all sizes, colors and sartorial stripes pour out of classrooms...
...most shaming moment of my youth occurred on the ruffled clay courts of the neighborhood tennis club. One hot July morning, after I had “participated” in an entire practice without hitting a single backhand, my coach informed me that I had an ambition problem: if I didn’t start trying to hit the ball, she would have no choice but to stop trying to teach me. Understandably, she expected me to be embarrassed, but instead at that moment I achieved what I thought to be the impossible ace. But there was no pride...
...youth could call himself a man until he had defeated an enemy warrior in battle, beheaded the corpse with a cassowary-bone dagger, and displayed the head on his clan's wooden slit drum. And few family houses were complete without the skull of an ancestor, decorated with clay features, shell eyes and real hair to create a lifelike image of the deceased...
...mouth of the Sepik. Both were to be shipped to private addresses in Germany and appeared to have been given security checks by the shipping agent. But when detectives carefully opened the lids and parted the plastic bags filled with sawdust, they found two skulls complete with human hair, clay facial features and eyes made of shells...