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Orfield, who helped launch the 10-year-old center that has since produced substantial research on inequality, will rejoin project co-founder Christopher Edley Jr., dean of Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School...
...H.M.S. Pinafore” proves that love transcends social class—at least in some cases. Along with “H.M.S. Pinafore,” HRG&SP will present “Trial by Jury.” Oftentimes recognized as the launch of the duo’s successful partnership, “Trial by Jury” is the only Gilbert and Sullivan one act and is performed with no spoken dialogue. Last performed by HRG&SP in the fall of 1995, the comic opera parodies the legal system, and, as with “H.M.S...
Last week’s launch of Nintendo’s next-generation Wii console has changed things considerably, and not merely by destroying the grades of countless college students just as many are about to enter finals periods. The Wii’s ground-breaking motion-sensing controller (if you want to attack an enemy in the new “Zelda” game, you actually slice it through the air) and low price point ($250, compared to at least $500 for Sony’s new Playstation 3) are sure to make it an instant success...
...matter of days, the chosen few Wii owners (the system is still nigh impossible to find at a fair price) started to discuss the physical risks inherent in such a revolutionary style of play. Players of the complimentary launch title “Wii Sports,” for example, have noticed that a few hours of macho smashes can result in a case of tennis elbow as acute as that experienced by any real court pro. With third-party game developers still warming up, it’s clear that this is just the beginning...
Last week at the launch of Sony’s new Playstation 3 console, Michael Penkala of Connecticut was shot in the gut with a sawed-off shotgun for refusing to turn over his wallet to a pair of masked robbers who saw the line of waiting gamers as easy prey...