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...Tracy Flick kneels over her daisy-decorated sheets (which go perfectly with the rainbow-laden inspirational posters on her room walls), hands clasped together earnestly, praying--desperately pleading--for God to tamper with the minds of her high school classmates. It's a fitting conclusion to a vehemently ferocious, unfailingly smug and of course, utterly merciless campaign. Tracy Flick is the poster child for ambition...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Scorching Election Wins in A Landslide | 5/7/1999 | See Source »

...clear and incisive, wastes no time on frills; moves at full-speed with the full intention of causing a crash finish. Wisely, the filmmakers have stayed faithful to Perrotta's novel. After all, the storyline sets itself up for director Payne's satiric touch. At Carver High School, Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon) is the shoo-in for Student Council President. After all, everyone is afraid--terrified--to run against her. She's the ultimate overachiever--member of every club, top 10 of her class, etc. etc. But she's an overachieving overachiever--she sets up a booth just...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Scorching Election Wins in A Landslide | 5/7/1999 | See Source »

Weeks, sometimes months, before they want to show a film, groups have stake out their intended flick, lowing "13 easy steps," accord the Science Center's Web site to place a valid reservation...

Author: By Harrel E. Conner jr., CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: High costs, low turnout force student groups out of the Science | 5/3/1999 | See Source »

Weeks, sometimes months, before they want to show a film, groups have to stake out their intended flick, following "13 easy steps," according to the Science Center's Web site, in order to place a valid reservation...

Author: By Harrel E. Conner jr., CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Movie Madness | 5/3/1999 | See Source »

Even more ominous is when the games go beyond serving up generic gore and start trafficking in fantasies of bias crimes. There are video games out there that make Doom look like an art-house flick. For example, white supremacists can stage virtual lynchings with a game called Hang Leroy, clandestinely available on Klan sites. Racist versions of Doom also exist, with a plug-in that changes the color of the victims. "Hate is available in many flavors on the Internet," says Raymond Franklin, a Maryland police executive and publisher of the Hate Directory. He says that neo-Nazis could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Littleton Massacre: Digital Dungeons | 5/3/1999 | See Source »

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