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Three months after releasing much-hyped debut issues to mixed reviews, editors at student-run Freeze and Scene Magazines are planning new features and new looks for their second go-round. “Did we lose money? Of course! Doesn’t every new business?” said Freeze Magazine President Thea L. Sebastian ’08, referring to the financial difficulties her publication has faced over the past few months. Freeze—a Cosmopolitan for collegians, complete with sex tips, quiz, and fashion shoots—was intended to reach other Boston-area schools...
...applaud the establishment of any student-oriented business in Harvard Square. After all, the last thing we need is another bank. But students had better grab that extra over-ripe piece of dining hall fruit just in case, because there is a caveat to IHOP’s debut. Thanks to the Cambridge License Commission (CLC), undergrads will not be able to take advantage of the late- (and late-late-) night hours that make IHOP so famous. Instead, the syrup palace will be forced to close at 2 a.m. along with its nearby neighbors Felipe’s, b. good...
...States, after several months of growing popularity in the United Kingdom. Joy Division comparisons are already tiresome—it seems that every melancholy vocalist in a post-punk band is compared to the late Ian Curtis—but inevitable with Editors, whose debut offers an uneven retread of the sound, style and lyrics of their legendary Manchester-based predecessors. When everything comes together, as on standout tracks like “Munich” and “Fingers in the Factories,” Editors successfully combine lead singer Tom Smith’s distant voice with...
Having recently completed his feature-film debut, “Thank You For Smoking,” Jason Reitman is on top of the world. The Hollywood buzz surrounding his comical, yet poignant, satire is only appropriate for the son of legendary director/producer Ivan Reitman (“Ghostbusters”). Starring Aaron Eckhart as “Big Tabacco” mogul Nick Naylor, with a supporting cast of Adam Brody, William H. Macy, Robert Duvall and Katie Holmes, “Thank You for Smoking” satirically examines the world of spin culture in the cigarette industry...
...Casting and Opening Night, which is virtually unthinkable. Somehow we managed to create a really wonderful piece of theatre.” Unfortunately, Dorin felt somewhat constrained by the rigid dictates of the play’s script. “It was a good choice for a directorial debut, because Albee spells out a lot of details—B stands here, C says this line in this fashion—but it does make it harder to leave your own imprint on the play,” he explains. With “Pelican?...