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Student drama is a veritable institution. It ranks in the pantheon of other student activities, where the entire roller-coaster of the world diminishes into insignificance against the `student production.' We can, but we won't, talk of student journalism (dreadful), sports, films, politics and music. Such an elysian delight to arrive fresh-faced from high school and pick and choose among multiple student personae. In my college in Oxford, the educational habitation of Oscar Wilde, the penchant for extreme effeminacy and decadence was the mask of many arrivals. Why not waltz with youthful freedom amidst such variety...

Author: By Tony Gubba, | Title: For the Moment | 11/5/1992 | See Source »

...something like a kitchen rebellion, says journalist Amal Naj, whose book, Peppers: A Story of Hot Pursuits, has just gone into its second printing. "Americans are discovering that food doesn't have to be so passive," he remarks. "It can be an active experience like riding a roller coaster, or a good game of squash, or taking a stroll on a beautiful evening and experiencing the breeze. It does something to your entire system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Some Like It Hot | 10/12/1992 | See Source »

Still, there is no reason to transfer to UC-Santa Cruz. From the West Coaster homesick for salty ocean spray to the land-locked Midlander who wants to discover the wonders of the sea, this area has something to offer anyone who wants to go wading in something other than a plastic baby pool...

Author: By Molly B. Confer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: How to Get Wet in Boston And Beyond | 6/27/1992 | See Source »

...hard-headedness and supposed courage does not make for substance either. And voting for a strong leader like Perot without any sense of where he would take the country could mean a roller-coaster ride without a place...

Author: By Jason M. Solomon, | Title: Voting for the Insiders' Outsider | 6/2/1992 | See Source »

...upgraded. La Cabane des Robinson (Swiss Family Robinson Tree House) includes cunning new cave trails of "rock" artfully sculpted by the Disney team. Pirates of the Caribbean is a spookier and more elaborate cruise among brigand lowlifes. Big Thunder Mountain has been refined into one of the great coaster rides, with new ascents and dips and two hurtling trips in the dark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Voila! Disney Invades Europe. Will the French Resist? | 4/20/1992 | See Source »

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