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point/counterpoint: Is something wrong with Terrell?

September 28, 2006 Executive Editor 0

It’s important to note who found Terrell in his bed, next to an empty pill bottle – his publicist, whose job it is to ensure Terrell gets publicity.

For a flamboyant football star who is starting to take on the over-ripe image of a cocky jock who has received too much attention too fast, Terrell naturally began to slip out of public focus and into the abyss of obscurity.

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Theatre VCU’s newest play hits Hodges

September 28, 2006 Executive Editor 0

It’s 1978 and life is groovy. You’re a successful architect, you’ve got a far-out pad and a foxy neighbor, and on your 34th birthday you’re finally going to meet and thank the guy who saved your life in Vietnam.

What if the savior turns out to be the biggest nerd you’ve ever encountered? He’s a tactless party guest turned permanent house guest.

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A word with the Nerd

September 28, 2006 Executive Editor 0

He wears thick black-rimmed glasses, suspenders, a bow tie and short-sleeved white shirt with a pocket full of pens. His sunken chest makes him slouch. He has a nasal Wisconsin accent. He is the walking definition of awkward.

He is Rick Steadman, the title character in Larry Shue’s “The Nerd.

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Weird News

September 28, 2006 Executive Editor 0

No pain, no gain.in brain cells

Recent research done at Yale University in Connecticut reveals that while too little testosterone is not a good thing, too much of it can kill brain cells. Barbara Ehrlich of Yale, who led the study, said that tests on brain cells in lab dishes showed that the presence of too much testosterone causes “cells to self-destruct” in a similar process to that of Alzheimer’s.