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...kind of like “King Lear” in that he refuses and then everything goes bad from there.RR: Have you ever made a decision where you felt like it was the cause of everything bad that happened after it?JF: In my life? No. Um, coming to America. No, not really.RR: So Titus is a pretty tough guy?JF: He’s mentally tough, and psychologically, physically. At the start of the play, when things start to go wrong, he kills one of his own sons, without so much as a whimper.RR: Who would...
...puts it up on the fridge” famous or Harvard Crimson Roving Reporter famous?SK: No, it led to a big book deal. Like, you know, Kaavya [Viswanathan ’08].RR: Is there a scandal in the play like that one?SK: Um, no. You’ll have to see for yourself.RR: How does it feel to play a Yalie? Do you find yourself failing at things? Keep trying to get to the top but never being able to reach it?SK: The character does everything to the best of her ability but some things...
...That aura often followed Hurricanes players off the field and into the NFL. Pro Bowl wide receiver Michael Irvin (UM Class of 1988) almost had his brilliant career derailed with the Dallas Cowboys when he was arrested in 1996 for cocaine possession, busted in a motel suite while sharing the coke with women he called "self-employed models." (He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to probation.) Pro Bowl linebacker Ray Lewis (who left UM in 1996) was arrested in 2000 for alleged involvement in the murder of two men outside an Atlanta nightclub. The murder charges against Lewis were eventually...
...Miami Herald sports columnist Linda Robertson wrote this week that Taylor's shooting death "will reinforce negative opinions of football fans and recruits who were wary of UM and Miami." To their credit, the university and its president, Donna Shalala, are trying to clean things up. The recruiting standards of most major college football programs are a cynical joke when it comes to scholarship and character; UM football is known for being less scrutinizing than most 17th-century pirate vessels. But when former Hurricanes coach Larry Coker in 2004 recruited a Miami teen, linebacker Willie Williams, whose arrest record...
...Still, the troubles continue. In 2006, 13 Hurricanes players were suspended after a vicious on-field brawl and Coker actually had to set a team policy that players not own or carry firearms. Coker (who arrived at UM in 2001) has since been fired, replaced by former UM linebacker Randy Shannon. Under Shannon, whose hiring has been widely applauded by observers like Lapchick, there have so far been no embarrassing incidents. Unfortunately, there haven't been as many wins either: the 'Canes had a losing season this fall, look unlikely to receive a bowl invitation and haven...