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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...APPENDIX" to Phyllis Keller's book on the Core Curriculum evokes a laugh--a laugh born of the shock of recognition. Sure enough, there in the unmistakable typeface and format of the Course Catalogue is "a partial listing of Core courses" (last year's). The Big Book's vapid generalizations and inimitable manner of description are here preserved for all posterity, from "Literature and Arts A-11--Theater and Drama" to "Foreign Cultures 32--Political Doctrines and Society." Bound into the volume with them is the account--as seen by Phyllis Keller, associate dean of the Faculty for academic planning...

Author: By Amy E. Schwartz, | Title: Soft-Core Analysis | 10/30/1982 | See Source »

According to DiNovi, Weinstein is funny "all the time, except when he sleeps, which is a lot." Friends from Stuyvesant and Harvard agree that Weinstein doesn't simply turn on for an audience. "Anders made us all laugh constantly," says Stuyvesant classmate Garret Harris, now a senior at Syracuse University. "He is probably the most naturally funny person I know. Besides, who else can you think of who owns both a Batman long...

Author: By Antony J. Blinken, | Title: But Seriously Folks. . . | 10/29/1982 | See Source »

...been thrown into chem 20 with Rep Barney Frank (D-Mass.)and has responded in stereotypical pre-med fashion. Her wild campaign and accusing Frank of favoring prostitution drug use, and desecration of the flag are in the grand tradition of beaker smashing and lab report stealing. You may laugh, but Heckler has pulled even in the polls...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: Down to the Wire | 10/28/1982 | See Source »

...FRIEND probably came closest to getting handle on this flamboyant fellow when he recalled the character of Fenwick In Barry Levinson's recent film Diner. Fenwick in the handsome and defiant preppy with a mysterious flair, the one who pushes himself to dangerous extreme for a laugh. He tips the car and dances himself with ketchup and trick his friendships, clever as ever in the flamingo-laden living room of a friend, Fenwick quietly answers every College Bowl questions emanating from a grainy TV screen-all-for a lick...

Author: By Thomas H. Howlett, | Title: Logan's Fun | 10/23/1982 | See Source »

...could only laugh in agreement, of course, and hand him a flyer. But it was my last one, and I crossed over from the Coop on my way back to Adama House for lunch. I was relieved of my burden, and satisfied, as does every leafleter when he gets to the proverbial end of the stack...

Author: By Thomas J. Meyer, | Title: Paper Tigers | 10/20/1982 | See Source »

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