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...Wisconsin, people have to earn their make, as opposed to Harvard where everything is handed to them on a silver platter,” said Derek Y.M. Opert, a junior at Wisconsin. “That way, when we leave school, we’re better socially prepared and ready to make a killing...
...most engaging amateur performance I?d seen since my cousin?s nephew Derek Nason, a devilishly handsome lad then in his mid-teens, wowed a family reunion nine years ago with his emotionally ferocious, sonically precise rendition of ?If I Were a Rich Man? from ?Fiddler on the Roof.? I?d never seen a sexy Tevye before - imagine Johnny Depp channeling Zero Mostel - but Derek had, and gave...
...entertainment industry as my section of the Corliss clan got, And as a critic, of course, I?m basically a paid member of the audience - a voyeur, not an exhibitionist; a destroyer, not a creator. Yet the showbiz bug keeps infiltrating successive generations, keeps bringing them to New York. Derek is here now, waiting tables and taking courses as he and a friend hone their improv comedy act. His father, after a full career in the airline business, is now the executive director of a Denver-area symphony orchestra. Who knows, some time soon they may play Carnegie Hall...
...Accusing the industry of abandoning children, he laid out some suggestions for re-capturing what used to be the medium's core audience, including putting actual kid characters into kids comics. In spite of its critical nature, the speech was met with strong applause. Highlights of the awards included Derek Kirk Kim's Talent Deserving Wider Recognition (see TIME.comix review), Vertical Inc.'s "Buddha" for Best U.S. Edition of Foreign Material (see TIME.comix review), and Craig Thompson's "Blankets" for Best Graphic Album - New (see TIME.comix review). The jaw-dropping lowlight had to have been the award for Best Graphic...
...officer was sent to Larsen Hall on Appian Way on a report of an individual offering people rides. HUPD and CPD officers arrived, and the individual became belligerent. Police arrested Derek Moarts of Acton, Mass., for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, two counts of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest...