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...RETURN OF ELIOT NESS (NBC, Nov. 10, 9 p.m. EST). Robert Stack is back as TV's most famous G-man, as still another classic TV series, The Untouchables, proves there's life after death...
...focus of an increasingly large proportion of prime-time fare. According to Nielsen figures, the adult audience on a typical fall evening is more than 58% female. For drama shows, the figure rises to 61%. Result: with a few hairy-chested exceptions (NBC's upcoming The Return of Eliot Ness), the vast majority of network movies and mini-series -- particularly during November's important ratings "sweeps" -- are aimed squarely at female viewers...
...stereotype's just mutating," says Douglas D. Wolk '91. "What you need to do is look at the house T-shirts over a period of years, and see how stereotypes change." Dunster House T-shirts and suggestions for T-shirts have ranged anywhere from "PC-ness Envy" to "Dunster House...I live there," Wolk said...
...broader, more inclusive view of life by being bullied or relentlessly "corrected." Tell a 19-year-old white male that he can't say "girl" when he means "teen- age woman," and he will most likely snicker. This may be the reason why, despite the conservative alarms, P.C.-ness remains a relatively tiny trend. Most campuses have more serious and ancient problems: faculties still top- heavy with white males of the monocultural persuasion; fraternities that harass minorities and women; date rape; alcohol abuse; and tuition that excludes all but the upper fringe of the middle class...
Peabody Professor of American Archaeology and Ethnology Stephen Williams, who teaches Anthropology 139, "Fantastic Archaeology: Where the Truth Lies," promises to make his students more skeptical. Williams says he will teach students how to tell a hoax from genuine findings during their studies of Big Foot and the Loch Ness Monster...