Freshman Greg Hess (front, left) and senior Joey Bland (front, right) prepare for their starring roles in the Covenant Players' production of "Guys and Dolls," which opens tonight at 8 p.m.

The Players will perform the musical again at 8 p.m. tomorrow and 2 p.m. Sunday in the Commonwealth Auditorium.

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The blade flickers in the light as Antonio Banderas initiates an attack. His opponent reacts with a parry, but their Hollywood style of sabre fencing bears little semblance to an actual fencing bout. They are not fencing like members of the Polish national team. They are not fencing like Olympic fencers. They are not fencing like the William and Mary fencing team.

"In the time it takes Antonio Banderas to show the audience a single lunge, a good sabre opponent could pick up on Banderas' maneuver and hit him three or four times," Linton Wells, College sabre fencer, said.

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Blame Canada, blame the Wall Street Journal, but blame Billy Crystal? Never. Several of the best moments of the 72nd Academy Awards came thanks to the illustrious host.

Although he's not as foul-mouthed as last year's host (Whoopi Goldberg, who quipped "Who knew it was this hard to get a virgin off your face?" as she tried to remove Queen Elizabeth makeup), his multi-song tribute to the Best Picture nominees and his impeccable timing kept the four-hour and three-minute ceremony from dragging on any more than it had to.

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The streaks are over.

With Friday's loss to the Richmond Spiders, Tribe baseball had lost six consecutive games, coupled with eight losses in a row on the road. The team bounced back over the next two days, however, scoring 10 runs in each game, taking the weekend series from the Spiders.

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