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...which he has given much thought. The reception that will likely greet Summers this evening is also unfortunate because it is emblematic of the distorted caricature that many have of our former president. No doubt, Summers’ speech on women in science was a gaffe, in that a somewhat nuanced point came off the wrong way. It should be recognized as such, and not as the defining moment of his five years as president. But regardless of one’s opinion of his tenure, it is clear that Summers deserves better than to be shouted down at Medford...
...take on the 9/11 Commission’s fact-driven report about that fateful day five and a half years ago. A worthwhile read for those who could manage to stay awake, the official 9/11 Commission Report was unattractive to the casual reader thanks to its length, density, and somewhat convoluted nature. The lack of readability, however, did not diminish its importance. For those recognizing the significance but unable to trudge through official report, the comic book version still uncompromisingly conveyed the weight of the original...
...runs through March 18 at the Loeb Ex. The play, written by Nicky Silver, focuses on a wildly dysfunctional family comprised of the borderline psychotic Emma (Lara C.A. Markstein ’10), who remembers nothing about her past due to possibly-justified repression; her HIV-positive, embittered, and somewhat vengeful brother, Todd (Michael R. Wolfe ’09); and their parents, Grace and Arthur. Arthur (Dan G. Rosen ’10) is financially successful, emotionally distant, and possibly more attached to Emma than he ought to be: to use a favorite phrase of his to describe their...
...Rounding out the picture is Tommy (Roy A. Kimmey ’09), an impoverished orphan raised by nuns (and, in a somewhat prescient plot point for a play more than a decade old, molested by priests), Tommy, who works as a waiter, gets engaged to Emma after knowing her for three weeks. Grace hires him, complete with skirt and apron, to replace an absent maid—both in order to help him out financially and to get to know him better. Unfortunately for Emma, he becomes more enamored of Todd, his uniform, and his role as a maid...
Maxson finds the student body at Duke somewhat more genial. “I just think in general, they’re a little more well-rounded at Duke, a tad more laid back,” Maxson says...