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...often ambitious projects. “Theater technicians are like water. Tech theater is like goldfish,” Clarks says. “You know how goldfish will grow to fit their bowl? So do we, kicking and screaming.” Clark has gone beyond the basic requirements of “growing to fit the bowl.” He sacrificed a spring break his sophomore year to revitalize a flagging production and spent 30 hours during the week and 20 over the weekend in the theatre his sophomore and junior years. “Looking back...
Hamburgers. Fries. Soft drinks. After decades of Big Macs and Whoppers, that combo hardly seems to qualify for cult status. But as this entertaining corporate history demonstrates, doing something basic--but exceedingly well--has catapulted In-N-Out Burger to pop-culture stardom. The California-based chain, which owns 232 restaurants in the Western U.S., causes "burger jams" every time it opens a new location. Famous habitus, from Tom Cruise to Julia Child, have given the fare impassioned (unpaid) endorsements. In short, says Perman (a former TIME writer), "it is the envy of the industry and the darling...
Skype's popularity underscores the fact that even wireless providers who consider themselves leading edge are increasingly viewed as utilities that provide a basic service like water or power. What matters most to users is the latest iPhone or BlackBerry with the sleekest applications. These added pressures to the customer base and bottom line may turn out to be for the telecom industry what the automobile was to the horse. Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstrom predicts that in less than a decade, telcos and cablecos will be on the bottom of the telecom food chain, faceless operators of low-value...
...standards, we need to define the purpose of a public education. Right now, public schools are trying to be all things to all people: teaching about everything from harassment to baby care, and doing much of it poorly. We need a mission statement and a definition of basic education before we can effectively set standards. Sue Wachtman, PORT ORCHARD, WASH...
...stone bench and a streetlight, the center is strung up with holiday lights framing a long table strewn with red Solo cups and near-empty rum bottles, and stage left depicts a dorm room with a bunk bed and a cluttered wooden desk.While condensing the college scene into these basic settings, the partitioning also represents the integration of the characters’ very different lives into one continuous narrative. In front of these raised, partitioned sets, the stage is used as a unifying setting in which all the characters come together. The front stage serves as both an extension...