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After he graduates next winter, Kirshner plans to spend a year touring South America and comparing styles of regional folk music, a project made possible by the Sheldon Fellowship he won this year...
...interested in a wide variety of subjects. One example: she asked about a book I was reading by Albert Einstein, describing his philosophy of life. She borrowed it, read it and thoughtfully discussed it with me. I always liked the real Marilyn Monroe much better than the Hollywood image. SHELDON WOLF Los Angeles
Cameron B. Sheldon '99 said he liked Discount's "really friendly student-based atmosphere, something that the other stores just don't offer...
...charged with making men out of them in White Squall is Christopher Sheldon (Jeff Bridges), skipper of the Albatross, a sailing ship he has turned into a floating secondary school. He's the sort of father figure these chinless wonders have never had--stern but caring, and at one with the winds and the waves. Also, he seems to have the ability to tell them apart, a matter on which Todd Robinson's script--not to mention the casting director--is not very helpful. Sheldon's promise is that after a year of crewing with him, all the nonsense will...
This happens with tedious predictability. Then comes the title weather disturbance. It's predictable too, though excitingly staged by director Ridley Scott. It does not, however, sweep away quite as many of the boys as one would like. Thereafter comes an investigation of Sheldon's seamanship, during which the survivors rally to his defense. The movie climaxes with a manly group...