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...more effective way of inciting constructive conversation. “It’s a particular, commodified image of gayness,” she says. “There is something about drag queens in the popular imagination that runs the risk of becoming a sort of comedic thing to parody femininity and it’s not really about serious difference.” Timothy McCarthy ’93, a lecturer in the History and Literature department, echoes this sentiment and warns that organizers will have to handle the issue of sexuality in a sensitive manner...
...actually says that the world has been warming since 1998. Will claims that the University of Illinois’s Arctic Climate Research Center has said that global sea levels are at the same level as in 1979; the center quickly responded, clarifying that they had claimed no such thing. These are only three examples; the full list of the piece’s distortions is much longer...
...next big thing on campus: giving up alcohol for Lent. The season of sacrifice is upon us, and the campus Christians are all deciding what to avoid for 40 days. Candy, soda, and swearing are the easy choices reserved for children; the big kids need more of a challenge. Alcohol is the staple of college life, so giving it up is a logical choice...
...Rand once said there is no such thing as a selfless act, and it turns out that this phenomenon is no exception. My own highly scientific, super official survey showed that a number of people abstaining from liquor were doing it to cut calories and get in shape for spring. Move over Beyoncé, Jesus has the newest diet trend to sweep the campus...
...though in “Tight Knit” tracks like “Everyday” and “More of This” are infused with a more clearly articulated pop sensibility.Cabic illuminated his influences on last year’s “Thing of the Past,” in which he offered covers of seminal but relatively recondite folk artists, from Loudon Wainwright and Townes van Zandt to Derroll Adams and Bobby Charles—artists that have inspired the direction his own music has taken. Listening to “Tight Knit...