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Sophomore Lewis competes to become America's Next Top Model

Kevin Lincoln
Photo illustration by Maddie Lieberberg
Most viewers hope their favorite TV show will stay on the air because they just like watching it. But when sophomore Simone Lewis followed America’s Next Top Model, she was invested in its success for another reason—one day, she wanted to be a part. Good thing it lasted.
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Top journalists speak on long-form writing at Center for Documentary Studies

By Kevin Lincoln
press
When someone throws around the term “documentary,” chances are the following word will be “film,” maybe “radio” if the conversation concerns public radio programming. But because of the efforts of Duke’s Center for Documentary Studies, including this month’s Documentary Speakers Series, the phrase “documentary writing” should soon look far more familiar.
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Coco Fusco talks art, feminist theory

By Claire Finch
Press
Coco Fusco, a now-canonical performance artist and feminist theorist, is coming to Duke to deliver a keynote address at this weekend’s Feminist Theory Workshop. Recess’ Claire Finch interviewed Fusco.
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Farber Foundry Theater Co. focuses Greek tragedy through South Africa

By Brian Contratto
Press
Post-apartheid South Africa sets the stage for MoLoRa, a Farber Foundry Theater production presented by Duke Performances. This tale of vengeance and suffering is adapated from an ancient Greek tragedy, Aeschylus’s Oresteia, and updated in the context of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission tribunals, where­ apartheid victims would face their tormentors.
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The Phallus: $20 Per Hour

By Jack Wilkinson
Poor. Likely unemployed. A fan of sex. Jack Wilkinson considers prostitution.
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The Phallus: $20 Per Hour  (0)

Jack Wilkinson
Poor. Likely unemployed. A fan of sex. Jack Wilkinson considers prostitution.

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Charlie McSpadden
High Society, NYC Prep, The City and Real Housewives of New York: What happens when they come to Durham?

Album Reviews

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - The Brutalist Bricks  (0)

Jake Stanley
After the disappointing 2007 release of Living with the Living, it’s nice to see power-pop auteurs Ted Leo and the Pharmacists back on form with The Brutalist Bricks.

Broken Bells - Broken Bells  (0)

Jeff Shih
Danger Mouse and James Mercer's debut settles for a quiet, almost complacent mediation between their two styles.

Gorillaz - Plastic Beach  (0)

Nathan Nye
Gorillaz's latest release, Plastic Beach, is simultaneously their poppiest work and yet their most inaccessible.

jj - n° 3  (0)

Ross Green
There’s enough shiny packaging to make nº 3 worthwhile, but it fails to recreate the ethereal heights of its predecessor.

Movie Reviews

The Ghost Writer  (0)

Sabrina Hamilto...
The Ghost Writer, however, transcends Roman Polanski's tainted legacy and reaffirms his status as one of the world’s best directors.

Remember Me  (0)

Michael Woodsmall
It has always been easy to feel faceless in New York City and to question one’s place in the bigger picture. Allen Coulter’s Remember Me explores this existential dilemma but unfairly exploits people’s vulnerability.

The Green Zone  (0)

Brendan Szulik

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