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But the inspired performance by the two-time Olympic bronze medallist was greeted with enthusiastic applause, as were the other skaters' performances at this year's An Evening With Champions (EWC) benefit exhibition.
Wylie emphasized the enduring success of EWC, saying that it is the longest-running televised figure skating exhibition in the world and noting that 36 different world and Olympic champions have skated at EWC.
When it comes to demonstrations, few countries can match France for style or frequency. Piqued farmers fill Parisian streets with fruit and vegetables to protest low prices; striking truckers shut down major highways until their demands for better working conditions are addressed. And last week, another howling, angry mob jammed...
The show will also feature local skaters, such as eight-year-old Kelly O'Grady, who has been performing for EWC since she was two (the youngest skater ever in the exhibition), and Eliot House skaters Joseph P. Di Pasquale '01 and Lori H. Sonderegger '00.
Amid the outrage and grandstanding in the exhibition, some crucial issues swiftly show themselves: Should the largesse of public funding be allowed to circumscribe free speech? Can unhindered expression, in its turn, become sheer offense? And how ironclad are the constitutional protections for edgy art that may amount to hate...