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...that message has not reached whoever is pushing this change in the History Department. (The brainchild of the effort remains unknown; The Crimson could only find critics of the proposed change to comment on-record—who all grimly predicted the policy change would pass—while the change’s boosters stayed...
...spent dance practice painting her nails with Tipp-Ex can do a jig on stilts. And the shy, sweet-faced black girl who plays Velma Kelly is belting out And All That Jazz like she's gunning for a Tony. This close-to-home version of Chicago is the brainchild of Wasfi Kani, founder of Pimlico Opera, a small touring company. In 1991, the outfit put on a production of Sweeney Todd in Wormwood Scrubs, one of Britain's most notorious men's prisons, using lifers as cast and crew. It was a success - tickets sold well, critics loved...
...website is the brainchild of Harry I. Ritter ’06, Adam J. Katz ’07, and Jeremiah L. Lowin ’07. If the blog-based venture is successful, it could spell doom for the large e-mail lists and list-servs that CampusTap’s creators call “incredibly inefficient and messy ways of communicating...
...seven-day span in February that included the Feb. 7 birthday of abolitionist Frederick Douglass and the Feb. 12 birthday of Abraham Lincoln. A half-century later, as Woodson’s invention gained popularity, the week evolved into a full month. But last December, Woodson’s brainchild weathered criticism from actor Morgan Freeman, who suggested that Black History Month should be abolished. “I don’t want a Black History Month. Black history is American history,” Freeman told CBS’ “60 Minutes...
Charm School is the brainchild of the former dean of undergraduate affairs, Travis R. Merritt, who passed away last fall. “He saw it as a need that all college students could use etiquette lessons,” said Charm School co-coordinator Linda D. Noel, who is assistant director for student activities...