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Josh Rubins, the director, appears to have distributed his time and energy so evenly among the show's various departments, that a central hand is nowhere particularly evident. The blocking and pacing lack discipline, but the cast had obvious technical difficulties, like falling flats, to contend with last night, so maybe matters will improve ere long. Whether or no, idle visions and foolish comparisons aside, they've got a good thing going...
Some students still say that RUS should have been angry anyway, and that its difficulties are rooted in its conciliatory "politeness" toward the administration. They contend that a tougher stand on the part of students would break the administration's resistance to student demands...
...limitless hours it demands have always existed. But when students protest against war, racism and poverty, they expouse concerns which are basic to our existence. Our task becomes that of channeling their convictions into constructive action. As one who has sat in the chair for 25 years, I contend that the opportunities of the hour far outweigh its sacrifices and offer an exciting challenge unequaled in the past...
...Harvard housing. Where, we ask, do the other 10,000 Harvard students live? The answer, of course, is that many live in Cambridge, competing for what few low-cost housing units are available, and winning the competition because of a greater ability to pay. This, we contend, is the cause of the steadily escalating rents, and it is something for which the institutions of this city must accept primary responsibility...
...faithful to obey the encyclical. As O'Boyle began to speak, about 400 worshipers, roughly one-third of the congregation, rose and walked out of the church. Despite this stunning rebuke, prearranged by two local organizations, the cardinal calmly delivered his message, which warned against "false prophets" who contend that birth control is a matter for individual conscience.* "Even a few of my brother bishops in other lands," O'Boyle lamented, "seem to have adopted 'the new morality...