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...butterfly was won by freshman Bridget O’Connor, who said she felt “happy about [her] performance.” But she added, “I know I can do better. We [her teammates] were pretty much racing against each other and had a lot of fun. I know Penn didn’t bring in their best squad, but it didn’t matter. We just concentrated on ourselves and had a good time...
Nicolais’ sentiments were echoed by Connor C. Wilson ’07, campaign manager for candidates Tracy “Ty” Moore II ’06 and Ian W. Nichols ’06: asked about the importance of the council’s improving its relationship with students, Wilson said, “it’s extremely important,” adding, “the UC is very out-of-touch with students...
...Harvard didn’t give too much away as senior Molly Ward finished second in all three freestyle events. Kansas also got the first-place points in the 100-yard backstroke, with Hart taking third place, and the 100-yard Butterfly with freshman Bridget O’Connor grabbing the second-place spot for the Crimson...
...films are steeped in historical context and critique. In fact, it was this tabloid quality to his films that empowered and qualified his criticism. “He was a filmmaker who displayed the conflict in classical American liberalism in the starkest possible form,” says Connor, referring to the harsh journalistic style of Fuller’s classic 1953 film noir Pickup on South Street...
World War II veterans lauded Steven Spielberg for his chaotically realistic representation of the storming of Omaha Beach. Fuller was a veteran of that invasion himself, and he strove for something other than purely visual realism. Like Spielberg, he was working to convey the brutality of war but, as Connor explains, “unlike in Saving Private Ryan, it was never an exercise in verisimilitude but rather an exercise in filmmaking.” A master of the overstatement, Fuller’s abrupt humor, drama, and violence serve as a means—not an end?...