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AUTHOR: RICHARD RUSSO...
...much sentimentalized now that three-level regional malls with indoor waterfalls have replaced the towns as economic centers, is that they were wonderful, warm places where even the local drunk was part of the patchwork and where attention was paid. That's the genial view taken by novelist Richard Russo in The Risk Pool, Mohawk and his new book Nobody's Fool, three funny, loose-jointed yarns about backwater burgs in upstate New York. Doubtless it is contrary to recall the rest of the truth, which is that small towns were rigidly small-minded. That was the engine that drove...
...Russo, a lecturer in the women's studies department at MIT suggested that the university standardize procedures for dealing with complaints, keep better records, and centralize the resolution of harassment problems...
...Russo philosophy is quite simple: Who needs linebackers and a secondary when you have one of the top quarterbacks in the nation...
Senior Tom Kirchoff, who has started every game since his sophomore year, has been the focus of Russo's attack. Kirchoff, who is one of 12 finalists for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm award (a list which includes Notre Dame's Rick Mirer and Miami's Gino Toretta), has already picked up 1143 yards passing in five games, completing 93 of 151 including six interceptions...