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Following a mandatory four-year tour of duty in the Navy, the 26-year-old former Heisman trophy winner joined the Dallas Cowboys. He gained a reputation for dependability, relying on his favorite receivers such as Drew Pearson and Cliff Harris to catch the famous long bombs. When other quarterbacks would have panicked, when lesser quarterbacks would have pitched the ball away, Rodger buried his head and weaved his way through the defensive line...

Author: By Brenda Russel, | Title: Farewell to the Heroes | 4/2/1980 | See Source »

...Part of the whole tradition of tenure is that it is deprived only for very great offenses. Here Silber is trying to fire for what he himself called a 'symbolic sympathy strike'," Hilary Putnam, Pearson Professor of Modern Mathematics and Mathematical Logic, another signer, said...

Author: By Wendy L. Wall, | Title: 500 Area Professors Request Removal of B.U.'s President | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

...People think the Student Assembly is non-representative, ineffective, and gives only an illusion of student representation," Gregory D.N. Pearson '81 said last night...

Author: By Susan K. Brown, | Title: Lowell House Committee Votes Not to Hold Assembly Election | 11/13/1979 | See Source »

...Shakespeare takes certain liberties with the actual course of events during King John's reign; he never mentions the Magna Carta, for instance. In trying to compress 30 years into an evening's entertainment, the playwright condenses many battles into slightly dull and strategy-filled second half. Aside from Pearson, the actors in this half seem unaware of the full motivation behind Shakespeare's lines...

Author: By Elizabeth H. Wiltshire, | Title: A Shakespearean Soap Opera | 11/8/1979 | See Source »

King John addresses the disruptive effects of the tension between monarchy and the Catholic Church, and the pull of "Commodity" (convenience) against loyalty. Pearson aptly conveys this struggle and Isham provides striking and personable contrast. Unfortunately, unclear motivations in the supporting cast and unrevealing lines by Shakespeare leave a less entertaining second half...

Author: By Elizabeth H. Wiltshire, | Title: A Shakespearean Soap Opera | 11/8/1979 | See Source »

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