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...bottom. The 16 microphones and stands placed around the drum kit looked like something out of Star Wars. In the console Matthew flipped from mike to mike, listening to the sound each captured. They were all remarkably different. My favorite was the "crotch mike." Named after its unusual placement near the drummer, it picks up a dark, distorted sound appropriate for the slower grooves...

Author: By Ty Gibbons, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Of Hard Work, Crotch Mikes and 'Deuce Bigalow' | 10/27/2000 | See Source »

What to do about Theater Boy? That was the question vexing Peggy Walbridge and David Field as the two admissions readers paged through his application to Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. With a 1,420 SAT score, solid grades and top scores on two advanced-placement exams, the applicant--we're calling him Theater Boy to protect his identity--certainly looked like Cornell material. He had appeared in professional musical productions and helped raise over $50,000 to stage plays at his school. "That's pretty amazing," Walbridge muttered. Field chuckled as he read through the applicant's essay about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside College Admissions | 10/23/2000 | See Source »

Horror stories about the wall-less world abound. When dividers at a Manhattan placement agency were removed to foster "working together," reports Cecile Marie, 41, the 12 people in the 20-ft. by 30-ft. space started yelling across the room to one another. "We eventually brought in a psychiatrist because we were all so stressed," she says. "That's one of the reasons I left...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My Kingdom For A Door | 10/23/2000 | See Source »

What to do about Theater Boy? That was the question vexing Peggy Walbridge and David Field as the two admissions readers paged through his application to Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. With a 1,420 SAT score, solid grades and top scores on two Advanced Placement exams, the applicant - we're calling him Theater Boy to protect his identity - certainly looked like Cornell material. He had appeared in professional music productions and helped raise over $50,000 to stage plays at his school. "That's pretty amazing," Walbridge muttered. Field chuckled as he read through the applicant's essay about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In or Out: Inside College Admissions | 10/15/2000 | See Source »

...program has had over a 90 percent job-placement rate and its alumni have worked in a wide variety of publishing positions...

Author: By Hannah E. Kenser, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Okays Name of Publishing Course | 9/28/2000 | See Source »

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