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Around Philadelphia, folks are pretty impressed with this intellectual dynamo. Zdrok was featured on the cover of the August issue of Philadelphia magazine, holding, in the words of writer Duane Swierczynski, "another hot young thing"--a baby lion cub. She appeared at a suburban Barnes and Noble to meet the masses and was almost mauled by a group of angry Bryn Mawr women. They were, by the end, suitably impressed by her wit and sharp mind, according to Nancy Zimbelli, director of promotions for the store. "She's a smart cookie," Zimbelli raved...

Author: By Hallie Z. Levine, | Title: Feminist Sans Clothes | 10/8/1994 | See Source »

...council disregarded student sentiment and tried to push through the $60,000 increase in revenue anyway. Indeed, it took the efforts of a political dynamo and former council member, Anjalee C. Davis '96, to have the council's decision put to a College-wide referendum so that students would have a final say in the matter. This raises serious questions about whose interests the council really represents...

Author: By Evan Pearce, | Title: Circumventing Bureaucracy | 9/28/1994 | See Source »

...evening's music would be a tribute, "celebrating [the] legacy of Cannonball Adderly, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane," as this first tune was long associated with the late trumpeter Davis. The front line of elder Lew Soloff on trumpet, younger Javon Jackson on tenor saxophone and Williams' contemporary and dynamo Bobby Watson on alto sax blasted out the tunes' head. The roles were set from then: Soloff showing incredible range in high notes mixed with David-like licks in the middle range, Watson with veritable sheets of sound wailing, and Jackson with a mature and noticeably improved opening solo. Running...

Author: By Eric D. Plaks, | Title: Stellar Sextet Puts On All That Jazz | 3/24/1994 | See Source »

Vermont Up Next: Harvard faces Vermont in its next match on Sunday at 2:00 at Briggs Cage. The Catamounts will be led by sophomore guard Eddie Benton, a 5'11" dynamo averaging well over 20 points per game...

Author: By Peter K. Han, | Title: Cardiac Cagers Making Progress | 12/17/1993 | See Source »

...Passacaglia revealed another, extremely promising and satisfying step in the continuing evolution of Perlman's playing. From the energetic dynamo of the seventies to the sometimes complacent and always prolific artist of the eighties has risen a mature, cerebral virtuoso who has proved his ranking next to Isaac Stern and Salvatore Accardo, although it is yet to be seen whether he can attain the inherent perfection of a Jascha Heifetz...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: Perlman and Zukerman Mesmerize in the Shed | 8/20/1993 | See Source »

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