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...Teressa Bellissimo's husband, Frank, told the New Yorker that the wings had been invented out of necessity; the bar had accidentally received a shipment of wings (instead of other chicken parts) and didn't know what to do with them. However, Bellissimo's son, Dominic, disputed his father's story. Dominic claimed that the wings were an impromptu midnight snack Teressa created on his request; he had been drinking with friends and asked his mother to whip up something for them to eat. The stories don't necessarily contradict each other - perhaps Teressa decided to serve her son some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Buffalo Wings | 9/3/2009 | See Source »

...Ultimately, Sex Signals squanders the opportunity that the College has to begin a frank, informed discussion about how serious the issue of sexual assault is and what we can do to prevent it. It leaves students with jokes about sex and the attitudes that fuel rape as well as the impression that much more sex is happening at the College than truly is. At the end of the performance, the actors emphasize that something “magical” can happen when the lessons of the show are followed. They then proceed to jokingly discuss different sexual activities that...

Author: By Caleb L. Weatherl | Title: The Wrong Signals | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

...held as well, and additional phases may be added if needed, he said. The CPD hired Jennifer Flagg, former chief administrative officer of the Mass. Turnpike Authority, in early August to serve as a liaison to the panel and to facilitate police discussions, according to CPD spokesman Frank Pasquarello. Gates’ arrest, which some believe was prompted by police racial profiling, triggered a national media frenzy in July that enveloped even President Barack Obama. Wexler said that the panel will seek lessons from the Gates arrest that can help local and national police with conflict resolution in the future...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gates Panel Still Pending | 9/1/2009 | See Source »

...trying to have a conversation with you would be like trying to argue with a dining-room table. I have no interest in doing it.' BARNEY FRANK, Democratic Congressman, responding to a Massachusetts woman who asked at a town-hall meeting on health-care reform why Frank supports what she dubbed a "Nazi policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 8/31/2009 | See Source »

...diversity. If freshmen resemble their elders—four-fifths of whom voted for President Barack H. Obama—most lean left. Diverse backgrounds do not necessarily mean diverse perspectives. Unfortunately, the readings the FDO has assigned—specifically those by Beverly Tatum, president of Spelman College, Frank Wu, a professor at Howard University, and Felice Yeskel, co-founder of Class Action—reinforce this misconception. The authors offer different experiences but identical conclusions: Groups define individuals...

Author: By Brian J. Bolduc | Title: A Dull Diversity | 8/31/2009 | See Source »

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