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...Sunken Garden during Arts First, adapted from a piece of classical literature for children. This year marks their 10th anniversary. You might be wondering how decapitation could possibly be a suitable theme for children’s theater. Birnbaum, Burkle, and the author of the adaptation, Adam V. Kline ’02, were perfectly aware of this problem and were up for the challenge. Their adaptation features a long-locked and earnest Charles Darnay (Liam R. Martin ’06) whose aristocratic background is brought under the scrutiny of the revolutionary Mr. and Mrs. Defarge (Joshua C. Phillips...
This controversy has its origins in 1978’s landmark Supreme Court case FCC v. Pacifica Foundation. A listener to Pacifica’s New York City station filed a complaint after George Carlin’s infamous “Filthy Words” bit—in which the legendary stand-up comic and counter-culture icon gleefully lists and graphically annotates the anatomical, excretory, and reproductive colloquialisms deemed unfit for broadcast media...
...used the outrage inspired by Jackson’s Super Bowl striptease to legitimize the recent restriction of indecent broadcasts, but the “Big 4” networks argue that the adoption of a ratings system in 1997 and the introduction of the v-chip—which allows users to block programming rated for graphic violence, explicit sexual content, and coarse language...
...annual May Day Waltz. For over 30 years, according to participants, Lowellians have gathered at 6 a.m. on Weeks Footbridge to watch local residents mark the festivities along the banks of the Charles River. House Committee Chairs Julia M. Chandler ’07 and Jonathan V. Brewer ’07 said they were pleasantly surprised with this year’s turnout, after bad weather last year marred participation. “It’s sort of a joint effort between the house committee and the house masters,” said Chandler...
...concert opened with a new face under the new Music Director-elect Aram V. Demirjian...