Spring Break
A 'Top' Notch Re-enactment
Madeline Ward
Issue date: 2/6/08 Section: Focus
The lights dimmed and a brief recess was called out as the stage was set for a second act detailing the legal repercussions of The Washington Post's decision to print the information, after they were also sent the Pentagon Papers.
Igor Senderovich, a physics graduate student, described the play as engaging.
"Of course we are seeing it through a historical lens. In '71 we might have been more patriotic and na've."
The second act continued with even more courtroom drama, as the reporters were hounded by two Nixon administration officials more intent on keeping their jobs than doing them in the interest of national security.
In the end, despite the sparse set, the play grabbed the audience's attention and held it in a way most plays with multiple set designers and million dollar budgets do not. There was genuine applause when the decision was made by Graham to publish the papers.
After the play concluded with a victory for The Washington Post, two political science students weighed in on what the play meant to them.
"The play is relevant to today's situation. Today's administration thrives on secrecy," said Lucas Cometto, a graduate student. "We need to sustain a free press."
"I think this is important to the freedom of speech, it needs to be protected," said Thomas Myers, a 6th- semester political science major.
Igor Senderovich, a physics graduate student, described the play as engaging.
"Of course we are seeing it through a historical lens. In '71 we might have been more patriotic and na've."
The second act continued with even more courtroom drama, as the reporters were hounded by two Nixon administration officials more intent on keeping their jobs than doing them in the interest of national security.
In the end, despite the sparse set, the play grabbed the audience's attention and held it in a way most plays with multiple set designers and million dollar budgets do not. There was genuine applause when the decision was made by Graham to publish the papers.
After the play concluded with a victory for The Washington Post, two political science students weighed in on what the play meant to them.
"The play is relevant to today's situation. Today's administration thrives on secrecy," said Lucas Cometto, a graduate student. "We need to sustain a free press."
"I think this is important to the freedom of speech, it needs to be protected," said Thomas Myers, a 6th- semester political science major.
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