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...London West End, Broadway, and as a movie, the decision to stage it in the intimate Loeb Ex may seem a little strange. “[The theatre may seem] chaotic and crowded,” Walker says, but “the boys themselves… test the notion of what it means to sit in seats and listen to a teacher. They’re very active, so there’s no reason why this play needs to be done like classroom, teacher, and audience in a proscenium. I think it’s more...
...experienced few things more nerve-wracking than the minutes I spent awaiting the results of a rapid HIV test. I felt confident that I’d test negative, but getting tested for HIV is something you’re “supposed” to do if you’re young and sexually active. “Better safe than sorry,” is the mantra we’re trained to repeat before taking a stranger’s (literal or figurative) candy...
...Harvard who didn’t know how many “holes” a woman had until this year (and that’s a serious hole in one’s general education). After talking for about half an hour, a timer buzzed on the test and my counselor smiled. “Negative!” he announced, and I thanked him, standing up to leave...
...situation was disappointing because I had appreciated this counselor’s candor and valued his openness to sexual habits and preferences. Unfortunately, attempts at sexual honesty backfire when they resort to reductive characterizations of gender niches. I would have been satisfied with a clear HIV test, a bag of condoms, and a simple, professional goodbye. In attempts to paint sex as something to be feared—and men as untrustworthy—the least likely people can find themselves in the doghouse...
...What price might Treasury offer? Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is doing a "stress test" of the banks to determine how much capital they need to survive. Whatever number that ends up being might be a good price for the toxic assets. "We want to get the assets off our books," says Talbott...