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...Phys is the child of a marriage between the physics and music departments. Peter J. Dong ’02, a joint concentrator in Quincy House, wrote the show as his senior thesis and is the production’s music director. As a first-year, Dong knew he wanted to concentrate in both physics and music, but learned to his horror that this would require a thesis combining the two subjects. The only idea he could come up with, besides writing a paper on the physics of sound, was a musical about physics students. Though he soon learned that...
...Deathrage L. Bergman), the archetypal pain-in-the-ass section participant. Late in the semester, Steve finally builds up the courage to call D.B. an idiot, and the two agree to compete in a problem set competition. Of course, no musical would be complete without a love story, and Dong delivers one between Steve and his Physics 16 classmate Christene Heisenberg (the fictional great-granddaughter of Werner Heisenberg, of Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle fame...
Sitting at the baby grand piano in the Winthrop JCR, Dong directs the chorus of physics students surrounding him, making sure they not only hit the right notes but also pronounce equations accurately as they sing. As Heller shows the actors their dance moves for the section scene, she proposes an arm movement to represent the lyric about vectors and wonders aloud about what precisely a vector is. (“Vectors have magnitude and direction,” giggles one of the more physics-savvy chorus members...
NORTH KOREA Diplomatic Overture A visit to Pyongyang by a South Korean delegation led by envoy Lim Dong Won produced a limited improvement in relations. After initial accusations that Seoul and Washington were plotting together to invade, the North's tone mellowed and it offered to resume dialogue with the U.S. By extending his visit by a day, Lim also came away with agreement on further family reunions and more economic talks...
Being a responsible journalist, I steel myself for another night of barhopping. The city's best drag runs down Huanshi Dong Road, around the Garden Hotel. I pick out the Hill Bar, tel: (86-20) 8333-3998 ext. 3913, and Gypsy King, tel: (86-20) 8387-5177. Decorated with a Hard Rock Caf? starter kit, the Hill should have been unforgivably cheesy but has a friendly vibe that somehow mixes classic rock and Canto-pop without imploding. The Gypsy King, where the locals come to see and be seen, is bathed in scarlet light and packed with a mixed crowd...