Word: delphic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Delphic: This bastion of Greek culture has a wonderful library with both first edition works of prominent social theorists and a stunning collection of original Mapplethorpe prints. In fact, the clever allusion in the name to the Greek fount of Western society betrays (some would say obfuscates) an adherence to, as one club member argues, "an enlightenment ethos which struggles to maintain its integrity in a fractured post-modern society...
This time Brooks plays a screenwriter, Steven Phillips, who, as everyone keeps telling him, has lost his edge. What he needs is a muse, who turns out to be a bubble-headed material girl (well played by Sharon Stone) who requires gifts from Tiffany in exchange for dopily delphic advice. The conceit is mildly amusing, but what Brooks actually seems to have lost is his comic rhythm. There's something distant and depressed about the film, which never develops the momentum it needs to link its occasional bright satiric moments into a convincing whole...
...Delphic and Fly clubs decided to enforce their guest policies more strictly, but have not formally banned non-members...
...Delphic member Brian W. Olson '01 said the Seneca would provide a chance for women to experience the same bonding the men in clubs have...
...Delphic member Brian W. Olson '01 said theSeneca would provide a chance for women toexperience the same bonding the men in clubs have...