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...particularly worthy example is the photographs by Laura Aguilar from the Latina Lesbian Series. The stark straight-forward shots of women are contextualized by scrawled self-descriptions by the subject. These images and their accompanying text celebrate the achievements and strength of the women they depict...

Author: By Suzanne PETREN Moritz, | Title: Lesbian Art for a Change | 2/15/1991 | See Source »

...know if it's worth $82.50--that's what the calculator cost," said David G. Hill '94, a Math la student. "I prefer a more straight-forward math approach...

Author: By Toyia R. Battle, | Title: Math Switches Calculus Focus | 11/14/1990 | See Source »

...Bullet LaVolta. After the delicate sound of the Blake Babies, the decibel sound of Bullet hit you like a well-aimed right from Mike Tyson. Bullet LaVolta's strength comes from duelling guitars of Adams House junior Clay Tarver and Adams House Classics Tutor Corey Brennan: Tarver favors straight-forward riffs while Brennan produces lightning-quick metal solos. The result is a combination of licks reminiscent of the best MC5 or Cream and the manual dexterity of modern metal...

Author: By Jeff Chase, | Title: Kings Of The Wild Frontier | 4/23/1987 | See Source »

...scattered collection of out-takes such as this is the ideal format for Hitchcock, a man whose knowledge of musical genres allows him to change styles like hats. Invisible, for instance, begins with a fairly straight-forward pop tune, "All I Want To Do Is Fall In Love." From this base, however, Hitchcock takes off and explores country and western ("Give Me A Spanner, Ralph"), 60s psychedelia ("Grooving On An Inner Plane"), experimental noise ("Let There Be More Darkness") and improvised blues-grunge ("Blues...

Author: By Jeff Chase, | Title: VINYL | 2/26/1987 | See Source »

...argument against the 19-ft., 9-in. distance is straight-forward: it is simply too short. Adopting the professional circuit's varying 22 to 24-ft. three-point range would have represented a much more sensible action on the part of the NCAA rules committee...

Author: By Geoffrey Simon, | Title: In the Beginning, There Weren't 3-Pointers | 12/6/1986 | See Source »

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