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Vol XXXIV No. 97

Wednesday, February 28, 2001

  America's love affair with soap operas heats up
KATIE MALMQUIST
Scene Writer

It's two in the afternoon – there's an hour until your next class. Knowing you should use the time to finish the reading you cast off at midnight last night, you turn instead to your remote. Flipping on the television, you ... [more]


Mating of praying mantises teaches wise dating lessons
JACQUELINE BROWDER
In Vogue

Sometimes I feel that life would be better lived as a praying mantis. Oh yes, the lanky, green insects we pay little heed to live the life of goddesses. They meet their partner, mate and then eat them. Could life be ... [more]


Bard's "star-crossed lovers" return in modern production
C. SPENCER BEGGS
Assistant Scene Editor

A bloodcurdling scream comes from the normally tranquil Hesburgh International Center for Peace Studies auditorium. A police officer rushes to the scene, seconds too late. Two lay murdered. Soon a crowd gathers, waking the weary from their slumber to behold the ... [more]