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...third time in three days, it was left to the singles players to win the match. Doran continued his string of solid match play and turned in a 6-2, 6-4 win at No. 3. Majmudar scored next at No. 2, defeating Bengtsson 6-2, 6-4. Sophomore Andrew Styperek, filling the No. 6 slot, lost 6-4, 7-6(2) to Northwestern's Sahara, evening the team match score...
...After a string of disappointing series of inconsistent recordings, Van Morrison's new release is true to its title. Despite voice problems that plagued his previous album The Healing Game, Van Morrison has returned in full vocal force with a powerful compilation of songs. Although not one of his more upbeat albums, this is not one of the more depressing either. Van Morisson simply creates a mellow, romantic mood perfect for relaxing after a tough...
From a student's perspective, the preservation of the outside of the chapel can be viewed only as positive. The short, elegant building on the corner of Kirkland and Quincy Streets breaks up the string of modern buildings like the Science Center, the Design School and the monstrously tall William James. The neighborhood would lose a good deal of character if the chapel were demolished, and that long walk to Vanserg just wouldn't be the same without...
...hips, dyslexia and (can you hear the Rocky theme music yet?) was nearly kicked out of his first martial-arts class at age 11. Using a mirror to learn the moves and correct for his impairment, he remade himself. He won scores of karate titles, appeared in a string of B movies and was born again--in that order. He is a preacher in an athlete's body, and Tae-Bo is his one true gospel. "Tae-Bo is the only exercise that will give you everything you want," he says...
Toole's insouciant, larger-than-life "suspicious character," Ignatius J. Reilly, memorialized in bronze, loiters in perpetuity outside the former D.H. Holmes department store, now the Chateau Sonesta Hotel. The nearby Palace Cafe, once Werlein's for Music, where Reilly bought his lute string, is a good place to lunch. The cafe's player piano will entertain small fry, and the food will please the grownups. True Toole aficionados will buy a hot dog on the street in homage to Reilly's brief, catastrophic career as a vendor of frankfurters made of "rubber, cereal, tripe. Who knows...