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...Pitches headlined the show, and after two all-male opening groups performed, the audience eagerly awaited some singing by sopranos and altos. A rather lengthy opening humor sketch took some of the punch away from musical side of the group's program. But when the Pitches invited Archie Epps on stage to sing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" with them, this move replenished the flagging energy of the audience--the electricity was palpable...
...sketch called "Crossover King," for example, Leguizamo satirizes Hispanics' desire to be accepted into the mainstream by playing a Latin who transforms himself into a pseudo-samurai businessman. Eyes squinting behind thick spectacles, Leguizamo lectures members of an imaginary Hispanic audience on how they too "can be Latino-free" if they just work hard enough at being Japanese. "Our computer graphics project that after only six years in the crossover program, Tito could become Toshino," he explains, "the quiet, well-dressed, manicured, well-groomed, somewhat anal-retentive overachiever who is ready to enter the job market at the drop...
...crowd argue the merits of removing Vladimir Lenin, founder of the Soviet state, from his mausoleum in Moscow's Red Square and burying him in a local cemetery. WE MUST SAVE OUR BELOVED CITY FROM THE CORPSE OF LENIN, reads a sign posted on the wall, accompanied by a sketch of Lenin with horns sprouting from his head. THE CORPSE OF LENIN IS THE CORPSE OF SATAN...
...sketch was part of an ongoing exhibit of works by Graduate School of Design student Alejandro D. Becker and is valued at several hundred dollars, according to a Leverett House official...
Although the drawing has been gone for several days, house officials had not yet contacted the student artist or the Harvard University Police Department. Becker expressed surprise when told by The Crimson in an interview yesterday that his sketch was missing...