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...hand, you have administrators who are sensitized to the issue," said Seth D. Familian '01. "Academic fairness is the top priority for them. I don't think you can fault them for being overly sensitive...
...semis, he pulled out an exciting victory over nemesis Seth Charles of Cornell, who had defeated Rechul in three close matches this season. This time, Rechul took the match 3-2 and ensured himself second place. After a scoreless first period in the finals, Rechul lost a tight 3-2 bout to Penn's Bandele Adeniyi-Bada...
...What Seth needs in a hurry--that is, before he turns 30--is a Ferrari, a closetful of Armanis, a couple of mil--and, oh yes, respectability. That's where J.T. Marlin, the brokerage firm, comes in. O.K., it isn't exactly J.P. Morgan. It is, in fact, as the title of writer-director Ben Younger's morally earnest yet very lively first feature has it, a Boiler Room...
...Seth gets good at the game under Jim's tutelage. By which we mean, of course, bad. But not irredeemable. Can that be a hint of remorse we see lurking in his eyes as he devastates the life savings and the marriage of an innocent wholesale grocer? Can that be a hint of relief we sense in him when the feds close in with their offer of immunity if he rats the whole place out? Yes, and yes again...
Director Younger is only 27, and possibly just a tad retro. If he were really on cynicism's cutting edge, wouldn't Seth have a dotcom and be frantically kiting an IPO? Maybe not. Maybe that's the sequel. In the meantime, we have this curiously intense, alertly principled, refreshingly uncynical movie to savor...