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...With ‘Middlesex,’ I was writing about a character who was very different from me,” he said. The main character, Cal, has a genetic mutation and is intersex. “I had to find connections to my own life to make him seem credible so I invested Cal with details about me—he grew up in Detroit where I grew up and was born the year I was born. I needed an autobiographical ground to build this fictional narrative...
...which Fielding’s protégé slowly grows closer with Fielding’s girlfriend. But to move us along without waiting for such inconveniences as “character development,” the script decides to just drastically rewrite the personalities of the main cast...
Common Spaces: Currier is chock full of secret rooms, comfy chairs, and plenty of places to lounge. Behind the dining hall is the Matthew Strominger Room; off the main hallway are the Bingham Living Room, the Poker Room, and the Treehouse, all of which can be reserved for events with very little hassle. Ping pong, air hockey, and pool are frequently played on the tables outside the d-hall. Many suites boast kitchens, and we must not forget the Fishbowl, a large multi-purpose room right at the entrance...
...first real day together as a team was this past Thursday,” sophomore skipper Brendan Kopp said, “So we were only able to get one or two practices in before our first regatta this weekend. Our main goal was to just get out on the water and to rotate as many people as possible into the boats...
...couldn’t help recall Lisa Edelstein’s character Laurie from the hit TV show The West Wing, who was also trying to pay her way through law school by working as an escort. The point Aaron Sorkin, the show’s creator and main writer, was making with this plotline was that Laurie’s chosen method of financing her education had little to do with her intelligence or abilities as a lawyer. But when a White House staffer was caught with her, it almost detonated both his career and fictional President Bartlet?...