Word: topicalism
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...pithy demonstration that perhaps captured the purpose of the whole production. As a forum for expressing a wide range of opinions and attitudes, Vagina Monologues is a hands-down success. Each of the 20 skits has something different to say about a topic that even college students rarely talk about—and if they did talk about it, they wouldn’t manage to cover half as much territory as this show packs into two hours...
...their job and did it well. The success of a production like the Vagina Monologues rests on its ability to provoke discussion, and ATC’s 2005 production surely provoked audiences by skillfully blending the tragic with the humorous to take a good look at a touchy topic...
However, this item on the docket was never reached, since the topic of Summers’ leadership filled the 90-minute meeting and is also spilling over into another meeting today...
...Faculty have been understandably concerned with many issues in recent days,” Kirby said on Friday. “It’s not surprising that the curricular review has not been a topic of conversation...
...still can’t shake the feeling that if I changed my thesis topic to “Why Summers Should Not Be University President,” I would have trouble getting even a cum laude reading. Most of the Faculty’s objections are small potatoes. He is sometimes domineering in committee meetings. Cornel West left for Princeton. In 1991, he signed a paper that discussed exporting pollution to underdeveloped countries (yes, even this came up on Tuesday). The back of his shirt often isn’t tucked in. That is just a small problem...