Writer

Philip M. Rubin

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Mick in the Movies

Mick Jagger is back after a long absence from the film world. The man who remains at the very heart


Sham and Grist

T HE POPULAR PERCEPTION of the William Kennedy Smith murder trial is that the television cameras are making a circus


OFA: A Real Jerk

death. it defies the soul. but in the spirit of its absurdity it lingers it labors it languishes piercing through


This Doorman Doesn't Hold Doors

R einaldo Arenas' book, The Doorman, bears some resemblance to the popular Ray Bradbury work The Martian Chronicles. Both satirize


35-Year-Old Sophomore Gordon Fauth Juggles Yet Another Experience: College Life

As he stands in the Square waiting to get his picture taken, Gordon M. Fauth '93 has to be reminded


WHO SAYS OPPOSITES ATTRACT?

Certainly Not Many of Harvard's Couples, Whose Attachments Suggest That the College's True Social Organizations Are Neither Fraternities Nor Final


David Layzer: Teaching Science Through Prose or Poetry, But Not Equations

About a month ago, Menzel Professor of Astrophysics David R. Layzer '47 phoned Lou LaRocca '92 and asked the Cabot


Distinctly Southern Melancholy

S PORTS novels seem to fall into two central categories: those which describe a great triumph or defeat and those


It's Muzak to My Ears

I T WAS hot, my head was pounding and crippling cramps ran through my legs. Near fainting from fatigue and