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While "Snappy Crayons Strikes Back" could be categorized as modern dance, that term carries too much of an abstract, artsy connotation to describe the performance. Comical facial expressions and short story lines inject Whiteside's production with a theatrical feel that leaves the audience not only amazed at the physical dexterity of the dancers, but also thoroughly entertained. It is better labeled, then, as the company calls it: dance theater. "Snappy Crayons Strikes Back" plays not to just coffeehouse poets, but to anyone who likes a good laugh and a spectacular show...
Other crowded classes this term include Literature and Arts B-51: "First Nights: Five Performance Premieres," with 722 students, Moral Reasoning 22: "Justice," with 631, and Literature and Arts A-41: "Shakespeare, The Later Plays," with...
Naturally, some changes are misguided, and others simply fail. With that in mind, we tried to make helpful suggestions concerning the Core Curriculum last term, but judging by the latest course catalog, 1997-98 promises to be another dark year where the Core is concerned. Two years ago, Core offerings were at an 11-year high, with 105. But this year we have hit the abysmal eight-year...
...Center's study shows that the innocent do indeed have something to fear. Supporters of capital punishment are quick to point out that many of those released from death row are set free due to technicalities. But the term "technicality" is a euphemism used to describe a flawed judicial process...
...said it would proceed with plans to build a civilian nuclear reactor in Iran. And Yeltsin still intends to sign a bill curbing the operations of foreign-based religious groups. But TIME State Department correspondent Dean Fischer believes the nuclear agreement is more important: "This has been a long-term American objective," says Fischer, "and would balance any frustration at not reaching agreement on any other issues." Now if only the Senate could be that cooperative...