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Some V-chip critics see the centralized rating concept as too rigid. They support instead one of several devices currently in development that enable parents to make their own choices of which shows to block out. fcc chairman Reed Hundt, a V-chip booster, contends that it will be only "the first of a slew of products. I predict remote-control devices with selection programs. There will be a variety of ways to receive...
...most likely would place gregarious students and students in smaller departments at an advantage. Those who are friendly with their instructors would obtain both more insightful recommendations and more attention to their academic difficulties. But this drawback results from the impersonality of a big university, not the pass-fail concept. Students get lost in the academic jungle under the current system...
First of all, we believe that "indecent" is a heinous concept to adopt as a legal standard because it is so eminently undefinable. In general legal parlance, "indecent" is a superset of "obscene", and hence includes not only sexually explicit material but also four-letter words and sexual material deemed "patently offensive" by local community standards. Under this standard, anything ranging from pornographic animation to a frank discussion of AIDS could be construed as indecent and draw the fire of federal prosecutors. Ironically, any document which explicitly describes what the new law prohibits would be theoretically banned from the Internet...
...concept of the merger has been approved in principle by both graduate boards," Vogt said. "It is currently under consideration by the Fly Club membership as a whole...
...case Mad TV loses its momentum. This spring it will air a variety show, to be produced by Roseanne, that will alternate with Mad. A second project, from screenwriter Steve Kerper, is, according to Lauren Corrao, a development executive at Fox, "a comedy show so original in its concept it cannot be described." (Hmmmm.) But save for UPN, which is considering, among other things, an adult game show or soap opera to go up against SNL, none of the other networks have immediate plans to challenge it. "It's a little amazing,'' notes UPN entertainment president Michael Sullivan, "that...