Word: fisk
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Fisk's homer was the closest I ever came, I guess, to the experience of actually winning, winning it all, but I continue to find exhilaration in endless possiblility...
...Spacek and Kline could have generated some electricity between them, this issue might have been more promising. But they are grounded by a predictable script by Naomi Foner and the cliche-ridden direction of Spacek's husband Jack Fisk. The result may someday become a footnote in the history of the impact of feminism on Hollywood romance. Moviegoers looking for fun and frolic are advised to wait for the book. By Richard Schickel...
There is still a great air of neglect about the place, the air of people scraping by. The 54 faculty members not only continue to bring supplies from home that should be supplied by Fisk--chalk, say--but they are painfully aware that they are working for peanuts; since 1980 the school has provided a single 5% raise. Ponder says he is going for salary adjustments as soon as he is rid of the debt...
...students, a sampling say they are encouraged. Juliette Williams, the student government association president, remembers that as Fisk grew poorer, the young scholars grew cynical. She lists the deletions from student activities, saying, "As there was less and less to do, apathy set in. But now you look up and notice, oh, there's new paint over there. You hear there's going to be a new yearbook. There hasn't been a yearbook since '81. They're actually taking pictures! Apathy is dissipating...
April Taylor, a junior in political science and religion, says she has been sustained by "the diversity of people and the level of intelligence" at Fisk. "And what is more important, they are black people. Because of the socioeconomic status of the black man, it is important we as black people become educated, sophisticated about life and our economics." She is wearing a sweatshirt that says BLACK BY POPULAR DEMAND...