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If this is Cohen’s sophomore slump, there are no limits to how much he can improve in his junior year.

Author: By Steven T. A. Roach, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sophomore Thriving, Leading Lax Attack | 4/29/2010 | See Source »

The sophomore has scored 25 goals on the year, currently tied for first on the team with junior attackman Dean Gibbons. He also holds an impressive streak: scoring at least one point in each game of his career. The streak, which has reached 24 games, is the 14th longest of...

Author: By Steven T. A. Roach, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sophomore Thriving, Leading Lax Attack | 4/29/2010 | See Source »

The tendency to comment on another’s performance in medias res spans across cultures and genres of entertainment. It is as if the audience, and not the actors, are breaking the fourth wall by throwing bricks at it. What noisy senators do to the State of the Union...

Author: By Diana McKeage | Title: Against Interpretation | 4/29/2010 | See Source »

Unfortunately, not everyone has the opportunity to attend live shows. But if events must be broadcast, the experience of them should be transmitted through the media they employ, along with their simple images and sounds. High-definition screens are a wonderful step in this direction. But sports commentators, for example...

Author: By Diana McKeage | Title: Against Interpretation | 4/29/2010 | See Source »

Why not, then, make commentary optional? At this point, to avoid grating commentary we flip between channels broadcasting the same event, but all this offers is our pick of interpretation, when the real interpreters should be ourselves. Why shouldn’t we be able to choose if we want...

Author: By Diana McKeage | Title: Against Interpretation | 4/29/2010 | See Source »

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