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...month, the vaunted theatrical society saw publications like The New York Times report that its prestigious “Woman of the Year” award would be given to Paris Hilton, the scandalous socialite-cum-TV-star-cum-jailbird. The reaction was scathing: alumni and patrons inundated the society??s producers with angry e-mails, and some even demanded refunds on tickets...
Though Davenport insisted that the Lampoon’s award had never used the theatrical society??s name, he did admit that the magazine may have been trading on the theatrical society??s prominence to land a big-time celebrity...
...announcement on the entertainment-news show Access Hollywood, a line of Pudding members, dressed in drag, ceremoniously passed a sheet with the names down to the society??s co-producers, Joshua E. Lachter ’09 and William M. Teslik ‘08, who then read them aloud...
...same concepts and ideas as everything else, it becomes easy to see why athletics provide such an important lens with which to view society. Because the final product produced in professional sports is ultimately only a diversion, it can serve as a testing-ground for some of society??s most important issues. This is why seminal events like Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in baseball, and John Amaechi becoming the first openly gay former NBA player are so significant. This is why when we see bigotry, sexism, racism, hypocrisy, or exploitation in sports, it is important...
...welfare of today’s youth. Americans have a well-deserved reputation for suing at the slightest provocation. Whether as consumers, employees, patients, or parents, the courts are often the option of first resort, instead of the last. Schools have not been immune to our litigious society??on the contrary, they have been a focal point. In Adrian, MI, a mother sued when her hemophiliac son was punched by classmates; in Warren, OH, parents sued when their developmentally delayed daughter fell off a slide. A full 82 percent of teachers and 77 percent of principals say that...