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...could have been a plot from Revenge of the Nerds. In December the Delta Zeta sorority, struggling to combat its bookish reputation, booted 23 students from its DePauw University chapter, saying the sisters were neglecting their recruiting duties. The 23 young women, who insisted that they were shown the door because they were not pretty enough, scored a plus-size payback when DePauw President Robert Bottoms decided that, come September, it would be the Delta Zetas who would no longer be welcome on campus. Of the expulsion, Bottoms said, "We believe the values of our university and those of Delta...
What do you think of illegal immigration? Do you think it hurts other minorities, or is it just an overblown plot by the Man to foster black-on-brown hate?-Shon Lyles, Raleigh...
...genre may be specifically political or more broadly humanist, but its codes and attitudes are as rigid as those for an old-time western or musical. The plot typically begins with a decent person suffering some outrage by an oppressive overlord, whether military, governmental or corporate. It goes on to chronicle the steps by which our hero either exacts righteous revenge or, if it's a tragedy, is crushed by the system. The goal of the movie is to provoke some fellow feeling for the world's underdogs. Then, cleansed and spiritually enriched, you can return to American Idol...
...year, only to emerge in time for Academy Award consideration. Frequently, the top Oscar has gone to films of social or political sentiment, from The Life of Emile Zola and Mrs. Miniver to Dances with Wolves and Braveheart. In 2005 the Christian right's attacks on the mercy-killing plot of Million Dollar Baby may have been the spur for the Oscars that went to the film and its star, Hilary Swank...
...assigned to write a play as a final project in her creative writing course, Benjamin embraced the challenge. WORDS, WORDS, WORDS “The Secret Lives of Umbrellas” consists of a series of scenes loosely linked by the play’s characters. Instead of a plot, Benjamin relies on language to drive the piece. “I do like words and the manipulation of words, and I like how they sound when bumped up against each other in strange permutations,” Benjamin says. Though Benjamin is hesitant to label the play as absurdist...