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Martire, now at No. 2, was equally dominant but even more dramatic. Of Italian, Greek and Lebanese origin, Martire played like a spicy Mediterranean stew, hitting heavy, consistent shots to overpower Brown freshman Adriana Marianella...

Author: By David Weinfeld, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Tennis Beats Yale, Brown; But Penn Wins the Ivies | 4/22/2002 | See Source »

...seem odd that A.E. Stallings, who by many accounts is one of America’s best young poets, resides in Athens, Greece and is married to a Greek man. But Stallings’ ties to Greece are only too fitting. Her poetry is thoroughly steeped in the classical tradition, and many, if not most, of her poems address themes from Roman and particularly Greek literature...

Author: By Z. SAMUEL Podolsky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: It's All Greek to Stallings | 4/19/2002 | See Source »

...many of the poems she read—as in much of her poetry—Stallings showed a propensity for examining some of the literature’s most pregnant themes through a variety of artistic lenses. She performed, for instance, several dramatic monologues by the Greek gods of the underworld, Hades and Persephone, which, although often reflecting Stallings’ characteristic irony, gave the poet a fertile literary topos in which to make some very thought-provoking, even profound, meditations on death and dying...

Author: By Z. SAMUEL Podolsky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: It's All Greek to Stallings | 4/19/2002 | See Source »

Terry says that a student from the class of 1913 put down Greek 10 on his study card. He then went to Latin 10 all the first half, thinking it was Greek...

Author: By Kristin E. Kitchen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mr. Byron Satterlee Hurlbut | 4/18/2002 | See Source »

...surreptitiously, others not so much, eyed the female contingent with interest. Glitter and sequins were out in full force, adorning tiny tank tops, suction-tight pants and intricately made-up eyes. For the males, jeans and button-downs were standard, though a few took the dance’s Greek theme to heart. Wrapped in a white sheet masquerading as a toga, Jesse M. Burros ’05 gave his take on all the fuss. “Have you seen the freshman girls?” he exclaimed. “Why shouldn’t they...

Author: By Mollie H. Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: All Hype, No Hedonism | 4/11/2002 | See Source »

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