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...Carnesale's pick to lead the project, Deb Mauger, left in 1997. Her successor departed this past summer. Carnesale himself was replaced by Provost Fineberg...
...behemoth, TRL, or Total Request Live. In person, she is just as we both expect - blonde, perky, energetic, and - ah, yes, the magic word - cool. She directs us through the narrow offices, past the billiards room (yes, home of a massive pool table) and directly to the offices of Deb Savo, the Executive Producer of TRL (see interview on page ______). Megan tells us that we have until 3:00 before the TRL taping...
...Does a woman's ability to romp around late at night render this custom less necessary? Perhaps. Even so, there is no shortage of Harvard debutantes. Unfortunately, as debutante balls have been the victims of quite extensive criticism, last names are omitted to protect those sources who have attended deb balls as either debs themselves, friends or escorts (the guys conned into being dates...
...that they can be a lot of fun as long as one does not get caught up in the prospect that they are meant to showcase women and find them husbands in a certain social stratum. Emily '00 (not the author) was somewhat pleasantly surprised with the deb balls she attended: "They were really beautiful and a lot of fun. Although they were silly because people seemed to have lost their sense of reality, there was a much more interesting mix of people than I expected. I would have thought the crowd would consist only of WASP-y preppy types...
Whether debutante balls serve an important purpose, there is an increasing trend towards a return to social customs such as these functions. Perhaps deb balls will not continue to be looked upon as such a dated and elite ritual. Everyone does enjoy a party, and learning to curtsy might not be as awful as Donna made it seem.FM