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...Kevin” (Baruch Y. Shemtov ’09), comically over-exaggerated in his quest for relief, breaches the unspoken bathroom rule of aloofness and asks the other man—who at first seems comparatively normal—for “help” in progressively outrageous ways. Raucous comedy, more pointed and risqué than in the other works, ensues. The result, however, was not overtly offensive but managed to make viewers just uncomfortable enough to succeed dramatically...
...accepts that there are innate differences between men and women. Dowd elaborates on the idea that men may not be best-suited for positions of high authority, pointing to “Rummy’s hot flashes” and other Bush administration pettiness as evidence of Y-chromosomal moodiness...
Speaking of the Y chromosome, Dowd smirks, it’s floundering. If modern research is to be trusted, men may soon be as superfluous as an appendix. Dowd uses politics as a lens to examine the evolutionary disadvantages of the Y chromosome, thus getting to the titular topic of her book, even if parenthetically...
While you wonder whether your Peter Griffin poster matches your Starry Night print, some freshmen have been putting up wallpaper. H. Hai Pham ’09, Baruch Y. Shemtov ’08, Davone J. Tines ’09, and Matthew T. McClure ’09 see their suite as a long-term decorating project—from the rug to the light fixtures. The common room, decked out in black, white, and orange, has a deliberately “bold, graphic theme,” explains Shemtov. A zebra-striped shower curtain and framed zebra prints...
...Ramaz School in upper Manhattan, ties are part of the mandatory school uniform. At the age of 15, one student decided to spruce up the required garb by making his own. Now in Lionel, dress codes have been relaxed, but Baruch Y. Shemtov ’09 still designs and produces his own line of high-fashion neckties. In 2003, Shemtov spotted a light blue bandanna in his bedroom and decided to sew it into a crude but striking skinny tie. A novice at sewing, he sealed his loose stitches with iron-on name-tags leftover from camp...