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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Alaskan loggers arrive bringing with them a woodcutter who is dissatisfied with Mahagonny. In the Lowell production, Jimmy McIntyre (Emmanuel Mani Cadet) is portrayed as somehow more innocent and pure than his fellow men despite his almost immediate adoption of Jenny (Laura Bewig) as his prostitute and lover. Director Kirk Williams portrays Jimmy's dissatisfaction as stemming from Mahagonny's obvious flaws (its lack of concern for anything other than human pleasure), while the libretto itself and an understanding of Brecht's theater would indicate that Jimmy is no better than his fellow men and that he becomes dissatisfied when...

Author: By Eric Tipler, | Title: Lowell House Opera Conjures Brecht and Weill's City of Sin | 3/21/1996 | See Source »

During the second act, the people indulge in the most extreme vulgarity. One lumber-jack (Craig Hanson) eats himself to death; another (Kirk Bangstad '99) is killed in a boxing match, and all of the men of the city push and shove for a short trip through the whorehouse. Finally, Jimmy indulges in drinking but is unable to pay the bill. Again, it would seem that Jimmy, while certainly influenced by the city's greedy leaders, is just as guilty as the other sinners, but in this production he is portrayed as an innocent victim. His subsequent arrest, however, makes...

Author: By Eric Tipler, | Title: Lowell House Opera Conjures Brecht and Weill's City of Sin | 3/21/1996 | See Source »

...Senior Kirk Nielsen of the Harvard men's hockey team was named a GTE Academic All-American in District I yesterday...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: Nielsen Given Award | 3/19/1996 | See Source »

Things did open up auspiciously for Harvard (13-20-1), who scored on the game's first shift. Senior Kirk Nielsen drove down the left wing, spotted senior Tommy Holmes breaking towards the net and sent him the puck. Holmes calmly redirected the biscuit past Cornell goalie Jason Elliott just 36 seconds...

Author: By David S. Griffel, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: M. Hockey Loses ECAC Heartbreaker | 3/18/1996 | See Source »

...might not be pretty, but the players will gladly sacrifice their looks for wins'. 1995-96 HARVARD STATS Players GP G A Pt PP PM Brad Konik 29 11 26 37 2 16 Kirk Nielsen 29 12 15 27 3 36 Henry Higdon 28 16 10 26 6 19 Tommy Holmes 28 6 17 23 2 14 Jason Karmanos 32 8 13 21 0 24 Craig Adams 32 8 9 17 4 38 Craig MacDonald 32 7 10 17 5 10 Jerimiah McCarthy 30 3 11 14 1 18 Ben Storey 31 2 10 12 1 44 Rob Millar...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: M. Hockey Believes in Miracles, Beards and Beating UVM | 3/15/1996 | See Source »

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