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08 The Anchor Newspaper
Week of november 17, 2014 | Vol: 87 | Issue: #12
So many accents LILLIAN HELLMAN’S “THE LITTLE FOXES” nick boStrawS anchor contributor
“T
ake us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.” - The song of Solomon 2:15. The grapes indeed haven’t spoiled for RIC’s main stage production of “The Little Foxes.” The play follows a wealthy, southern family that awaits the return of their patriarch, Horace Giddens (played by Neil S. Jeronimo,) as Regina, Horace’s wife (played by Helena Tafuri) and her brothers (Jack Clarke, Joe DeLeo,) plot dastardly, financial deeds. Praise goes to Director Bob Colonna, for “The Little Foxes” was an enjoyable night at the theater. The flow and pace never dulled in this melodrama and I was quite impressed with how invested I was with the characters. I also loved the quality of the set in its portrayal of the time period. The Golden Bostraws acting award has got to go to Ms. Helena Tafuri for giving us a phenomenal Regina Giddens. Good Lord, did this actress have a presence on stage! I was intimidated in my seat and my finances weren’t even in jeopardy! Each time she was on stage the play was better, smarter and more entertaining. Most of the cast deserves praise as well. They had been actors tackling southern accents and one tackling an Irish. While I was impressed with most of the acting, I felt some of the actors were not entirely into character as some of the others. Well done, cast and crew. I can’t wait for the next production!
Cover by Liz DiRuggiero, Art Director
Rating: A-
WXIN DJ fired for playing offensive interview Claims he was not trained properly eliSHa kay aldricH news editor @anchornews
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hat would you do if you were walking past the Student Union and heard very loud remarks about rape, violence and even mass suicide? Students on campus were subjected to such an experience on Wednesday, when Dillon Walsh,
a now former 90.7 WXIN DJ, was playing a rather graphic interview on air. But, Walsh stated that he did not know he wasn’t allowed to use interviews like that. The interview in question is the last interview given by performer GG Allin, shortly before he died in 1993. In it, he makes comments about raping the men and women who get on stage with him,
mutilating himself and others, and finally killing himself and his fans when he is ready to die, claiming he did not want a normal death.
point, and I feel very uncomfortable with him having access to my name.”
Students were obviously very upset about the comments, and one student (who will remain anonymous) even stated that they do not feel safe with such content playing over the airwaves at WXIN.
There were also complaints of anti-semitism, and violence against veterans. Walsh has denied making any such remarks, nor does the interview that he played contain any content specifically about those topics, even though it was incredibly vulgar.
“Honestly, the student seemed incredibly threatening,” they said. “He was even talking about murdering his granddad at one
Walsh was fired on air by WXIN General Manager Robert Smith, who declined to comment about the issue.
In the days since, Walsh has come forward stating that he was unaware of many of the protocols that WXIN follows, nor did he know who Smith even was. He also said that he was falsely accused of saying that he wanted to kill veterans on air. “He said that they had received complaints that I had said something about killing a veteran, and it being WXIN the day after Veteran’s Day, see page 3 this was a