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...physical space, common Ex fare, but here again, the experiments were novel. The light table and operator sat on the stage below the audience rather than behind it, and the chorus had their own table to sit at like a committe or a review board. Adding a bit of awkward confusion, two of the actors froze the last moment of the final scene before intermission straight through intermission to the opening of the next act. No one knew when to applaud and when to stretch...
...course, traditions die hard. Even as a self-proclaimed gender policewoman, I still tend to blurt out "Freshman Week" or "Freshman Dean's Office" if I am not being careful. Dean Lewis does have a point that "first-year" might sound a little awkward, and that there might be a better substitute to the offending word. Or maybe "freshman" is just one of those words in the "who would want to be one anyway?" category--like "garbageman" and "hitman"--that even the most strident p.c. advocates are content to leave alone...
...What we really like is the zaniness and warmth of Colombo, the character he plays on TV," said John J. Abbott '96, the Lampoon's outgoing ibis. "He's bumbling, he's awkward, but he gets the job done, and a lot of us aspire to be like that...
...lengthy letter to the council, Lewis explained why he did not endorse the resolution. He said he believes the term "first-year" is awkward and suggested such a change might trivialize the gender issue on campus...
...gave me a couple of typed pages to read instead of giving me a speech, and the first few minutes of the interview were dead silent," Yau recalls. "It was a little bit awkward...