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CT.com Interview: Ben Ratliff, New York Times Music Critic
Ben Ratliff, jazz and pop critic for The New York Times since 1996 and the author of three books of jazz criticism, has the rare ability to write about avant-garde jazz, doom-metal, indie rock, hip-hop, and probably a dozen or so other musical genres with...
Tags: Music Industry, Jazz (genre), Genres, The New York Times, Entertainment
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Another Campus Rape At Another "Classy" College
We really, really didn't need any more evidence that campus rape is a widespread problem across all sorts of colleges and universities, and that Wesleyan University's problems shouldn't targeted as isolated or unique. But we have it anyway. This time it'...Tags: Education, Colleges and Universities
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Former Sen. and Presidential Hopeful George McGovern Dies
CNNSIOUX FALLS, SD -- He was an outspoken critic of one war, but a hero in another. He was a leading Democrat who came from Republican roots. He was a politician who cared more about being on the right side of an issue than on the popular side. George...Tags: Columbia University, R. Sargent Shriver, U.S. Army, Hillary Clinton, Political Candidates
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'A Shoemaker's Tale' At Wesleyan
The Hartford CourantWhen Steve Scionti saw that there were few roles for Italian-Americans that didn't involve someone named Fat Tony or who had a very special godfather, the dancer-actor turned inward — and to his own family for inspiration. Scionti, who was born and...Tags: Television Industry, Entertainment Events, Fringe Festival, College Sports, Middletown
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Former SD Sen. and 1972 Presidential candidate George McGovern dies
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — George McGovern once joked that he had wanted to run for president in the worst way — and that he had done so. It was a campaign in 1972 dishonored by Watergate, a scandal that fully unfurled too late to knock...
Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), R. Sargent Shriver, Social Sciences, U.S. Army, Hillary Clinton
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New Lemony Snicket book a disappointment
I have great respect for Daniel Handler, creator of the wildly popular Lemony Snicket books (and a fellow alum of Wesleyan University), but I couldn't help but feel let down at his newest: "Who Could That Be at This Hour?" When I was finished with the...
Tags: J.K. Rowling
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Oahe irrigation potential remains untapped
When the Army Corps of Engineers floated the idea recently of charging to use some water stored in reservoirs on the Missouri River, Gov. Dennis Daugaard reminded the agency that irrigation promised to the state never happened. "The federal government...Tags: Elections, Water Supply, Conservation, Environmental Issues, Government
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Wesleyan's Davison Art Center Featuring the Engravings of Andrew Raftery
Andrew Raftery: Open House Ends Dec. 9, Wesleyan University's Davison Art Center, 301 High St., Middletown, (860) 685-2500, wesleyan.edu/dac It's always fascinating and a bit consoling when an artist, especially one with the delicacy and taste of...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Real Estate Sellers, Real Estate Buyers, Middletown, Real Estate Agents
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Studies Suggest There Are Far More Campus Rapes Than The Official Numbers Indicate
It's the stuff of a hideous higher-ed Halloween nightmare: sexual assault, campus fear, rape-culture environments, an ugly federal lawsuit against a prestigious institution, and an ongoing national crisis of violence against women. Earlier this month,...
Tags: Yale University, Crime Victims, Radio, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), University of Connecticut
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Sixteen years later, Jeffrey Maier revisits infamous moment in Yankee Stadium
The most despised child in the history of Baltimore sports is all grown up. And, if his beloved New York Yankees falter, he'd like to see the Orioles win the 2012 World Series. Yes, Baltimore — 16 years later, Jeffrey Maier soon could be in your...
Tags: New York Yankees, College Baseball, Derek Jeter, Yankee Stadium, Sports
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Andrew Sarris dies at 83; longtime film critic
Film critic Andrew Sarris began his rise to prominence in the early 1960s when, fresh off an extended visit to Paris, he became a primary spokesman for a theory that would reverberate throughout the cinema world.
Screenwriters and producers may have...Tags: Columbia College Chicago, Newspaper and Magazine, Billy Wilder, Frank Capra Jr., John Ford
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The Rams and Aggies combine to provide North Texas with first public law school
CW33 NewsTexas A&M will pay Texas Wesleyan 25-million dollars for the law school program that the Aggies will operate and run with their own faculty and staff. The new school in Fort Worth will be called the Texas A&M School of Law at Texas Wesleyan University. ...Tags: Education, Crime, Law and Justice, Colleges and Universities
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