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...play outshines the two other Chicago offerings that have opened so far this fall: Letts' Superior Donuts, a relatively formulaic comedy-drama about a crusty inner-city doughnut-shop owner and the black kid who comes to work for him, and Oleanna, Mamet's scathing account of a bogus sexual-harassment charge that was too polemically freighted back in 1992 and has the added disadvantage of seeming dated today. But collectively, they showcase much of what makes Chicago theater so distinct and vital. The City of Big Shoulders produces big-shouldered theater as well--thematically ambitious, emotionally juiced, socially impassioned...
...Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, signed into law by President Obama on Oct. 28, represents both the best and the worst of the modern-day civil rights movement. Given the current legal framework, it was outrageous that crimes committed against individuals due to their sexual orientation were excluded from the roster of hate crimes. By correcting this injustice, the Shepard Act accomplished something important. However, the act also upholds and perpetuates the noxious notion that crimes ought to be weighted by the nebulous standard of “hate?...
Dark was the day that it ceased to be true that all crimes of equal magnitude were equally tragic, no matter the gender, race, religion, or sexual orientation of the victim, for that day also marked the transition from the tradition that crimes are an offense against society to the view that crimes are only an offense against the groups with whom the victim is associated. Ironically, this treatment of crime widens the chasms between groups rather than narrows them, for it actually perpetuates and legitimizes the belief that society is composed of compartmentalized groups instead of fundamentally similar individuals...
...fourth annual Trojan Sexual Health Report Card, released last week, Harvard lost 37 spots, moving from the nation’s 25th best (worst?) on the list of sex-savvy schools to number 62. The report, which ranks 141 colleges and universities, measures the availability of sexual health resources on campus based on student responses gathered by independent research firm Sperling's BestPlaces. Sperling rates schools in categories like sexual assault programs, availability of contraceptives, and student peer groups...
Flyby is a little confused by this poor ranking because we thought Sex Signals was a blast (wait, was that supposed to be educational?) And, as reported by the Crimson in 2008, 70 percent of students at Harvard are satisfied with the sexual education they are receiving (bear in mind, 42 percent of Harvard students had zero sexual partners during the past academic year, as reported by the National College Health Assessment...