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Topic: Shiz University

	Wicked: the synopsis
		Glinda begins by saying that she was very young when she met Elphaba at school (DEAR OLD SHIZ.) The flashback begins, and Elphaba runs into the courtyard at Shiz University, looking flushed and excited and very, very young.
		She announces the arrival of her sister, Nessarose ("a perfectly normal color") who is confined to a wheelchair, and is their father's obvious favorite, and heir to the governor's throne.
		Later, at the Shiz University park, Galinda is unsucessfully trying to thwart a young munchkinlander named Boq, who has been following her around all day.
	leiasc.tripod.com /Wicked__the_synopsis.html (4191 words)

	Ted Strong's Radio Weblog
		It's on the word, "shiz," which is a totally rap-urban-pop-culture-re-do of the word "shit." Now, some of the following re-definitions claim the word is considered "vulgar" -- but I don't see what or where that's based on.
		shiz; like shiat biatch, like what is this shit cept what is this shiz.
		shiz; the powdery stuff at the bottom of cereal bags, bags of chips, and bags of corn nuts.
	blogs.salon.com /0002212/2005/05/15.html (1628 words)

	Re: Born wicked (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Everywhere, energy is needed to keep order in the universe's processes: the orbit of the planets, the rhythm of a human heartbeat, the punctuality of the sunrise.
		She came to Shiz University with the stigma of her olive skin.
		When she recognized the plight of the animals she dove into the struggle with utter enthusiasm to make the world a better place and rid it of injustices.
	www.linsly.org /humanities/_Humanities/00000404.htm (540 words)

	User:MatthewUND - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He loves creating new articles relating to his hometown of Grand Forks, North Dakota and his school, the University of North Dakota.
		Although he is a computer science student, you will be hard pressed to find him editing anything very technical.
		North Dakota North Dakota State University, Hillsboro, North Dakota
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/User:MatthewUND (423 words)

	Review \| Wicked
		So begins a flashback that encompasses almost the rest of the show, as Glinda recalls the circumstances of Elphaba's birth and their time together at Shiz University.
		There's a moment early in the Shiz section when Elphaba (played by Idina Menzel with an urgent, simmering self-satisfaction) appears for the first time.
		Glinda and all her white friends are on one side of the stage, and Elphaba comes in on the opposite side, in all her green-skinned splendor.
	www.bluecoupe.com /avant/wicked.html (1406 words)

	The Book by Gregory Maguire: Wicked on Broadway
		Giving her an actual name (she is here named Elphaba after the initials of original Oz writer L. Frank Baum) helps to add sympathy to her plight, and as the reader first encounters the details of her birth and childhood, one can't help but side with her.
		The focus next shifts to Elphaba's college days at Shiz University, where she is a misunderstood minority working toward a cause, and where she first encounters Galinda and the rest of her friends, Crope, Tibbett, Fiyero, Boq, and others.
		It is at Shiz University where Elphaba begins working toward the cause of animal rights with an Animal (upper-case denotes the ability to speak and other human-like features) teacher named Dr. Dillamond.
	www.wickedonbroadway.net /book.html (951 words)

	Wicked (novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The story is about Elphaba, the misunderstood green-skinned girl who grows up to become the infamous Wicked Witch of the West.
		It tells of her time at Shiz University, as well as her journey to the Emerald City and The Vinkus, among other places in Oz.
		The book explains Elphaba's motives and examines her true personality.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wicked_%28novel%29 (369 words)

	A Radical Retelling of 'Wizard of Oz': 11/ 3/ 2003
		When she and Glinda show up to begin studies at Shiz University, Glinda reacts cattily to the suggestion that Elphaba seems bright.
		The alternating revulsion and attraction that Glinda and Elphaba feel for each other is the evening's most entertaining element, and the show's best scenes are the ones they share at Shiz.
		Their intense, evolving rivalry -- expressed most vividly in their vying for the affection of Fiyero (a miscast Norbert Leo Butz) -- is "Wicked's" ace in the hole, the defining struggle that humanizes both women.
	www.southcoasttoday.com /daily/11-03/11-03-03/b02li573.htm (896 words)

	My Wicked Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Galinda then takes us back to when she met Elphaba at Shiz University (Dear Old Shiz).
		At the same time Madame Morrible discovers that Elphaba has an amazing natural talent of magic/sorcery, and tells Elphaba that she could end up at the top if she "makes good" (Wizard and I).
		Unfortunately for Galinda, she's not accepted into Morrible's renowned sorcery program (which was the only reason she went to Shiz), although Elphaba is, and she's shattered.
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	TroyRutter.com - Books : Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Before reading "Wicked", my concept of this fictional universe was based solely on the 1939 MGM movie.
		The story details her unique birth, then her experiences in University life and beyond.
		Other than Elphaba, the other main female characters: Galinda and Nessarose, are also play important roles in shaping the events that follow.
	www.troyrutter.com /Reviews/ItemId/0060987103/ReviewPage/4 (916 words)

	Story 6 - Wicked, The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
		She was always facing adversity from the time she was born right until she snapped and Dorothy, that girl from another land, accidentally killed her.
		She had been smart enough to leave Munchkinland and go to the University in Shiz after spending years in that horrible Quadling county as her father tried to evangelize the Quadlings.
		Web pages are provided as a privilege to OU students to enhance their life long learning experience, and the opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of the institution or its student body.
	students.ou.edu /G/Kimberly.M.Greuel-1/story6.html (700 words)

	wicked (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		When Nessa is taken to Shiz, Elphaba goes along for the ride to take care of her sister.
		But Shiz proves to be Elphaba's trip more than Nessa's when Elphaba is forced to become roommates with Galinda Upland, a blonde Gillikinese girl who is the most popular person at Shiz.
		When they arrive at Shiz, their father gives Nessarose a pair of beautiful slippers made of solid silver.
	www.geocities.com /peterpan_adr/wicked.html (878 words)

	Columbia Spectator - Wicked Brings the Goods (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The story begins with the birth of the mysteriously emerald-hued Elphaba (Idina Menzel) and follows her off to Shiz University, where she finds herself the roommate of shallow, blonde, cheerleader-type Galinda (Kristen Chenoweth).
		When the laid-back Fiyero (Norbert Leo Butz) comes into town, he appears to be the perfect match for Galinda, yet he falls for Elphaba when he sees how she cares for the animal population.
		Maguire's novel takes a mature, biblical bent as it explores the nature of evil and society's placement of the label "wicked." Holzman's book dumbs this message down a bit; while she may remove the story's philosophical merit, she also sanitizes its adult themes for family audiences (hand-holding replaces steamy sex scenes).
	www.columbiaspectator.com /vnews/display.v/ART/2003/11/05/3fa8c7861433c (668 words)

	FCLC Observer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Avoided by her fellow college students at Shiz University, Elphaba is an outcast and dreams of one day meeting the Wizard of Oz and finding fame and acclaim.
		Theatre legend Joel Grey is both charming and sinister as the not-so-wonderful Wizard of Oz, the man responsible not only for making Oz into a utilitarian-like state but also for defaming Elphaba.
		Christopher Fitzgerald is adorably goofy as Boq, the Munchkin boy who falls for Glinda; Michelle Federer is "tragically beautiful" as Nessarose, Elphaba’s wheelchair-confined sister; and William Youmans is splendid as Doctor Dillamond, the "token goat" professor at Shiz.
	www.fclcobserver.com /observer/12-10-03/arts-wicked.html (791 words)

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		After June 12th, these performers will continue on to Los Angeles, but their sets will stay behind at the Oriental for the new cast featuring Ana Gasteyer, who spent 6 years on Saturday Night Live, where she was known for her impressions of Martha Stewart, Hillary Clinton and Celine Dion.
		She’ll play the role for which Idina Menzel won a Tony last year: Elphaba, a co-ed at Shiz University in Oz who becomes known as the Wicked Witch of the West.
		Joining her, as a University administrator named Madame Morrible, will be Steppenwolf company member Rondi Reed, who won a Jeff Award last year as a truly scary mother in The Fall to Earth and then provided comic relief in Steppenwolf’s Cherry Orchard.
	www.chicagopride.com /news/printer.cfm/articleID/2909041 (600 words)

	Avid Gamers - Public board (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The book and play take place in Elphaba's freshman year at "Shiz" university.
		She befriends the ditzy and blonde "Galinda" {Glinda the Good Witch} and even, dare I say, has a romantic relationship with a married man, also a Shiz student.
		As time goes on, Elphaba is blamed for crimes she didn't commit and for standing up for what she beleived in, all because of the hatred of her deformaty.
	www.avidgamers.com /board.php?type=pub&area=229928&id=53136589 (348 words)

	Theater News - Peter Filichia's Diary: Wicked Good or Wicked Bad? -
		But "Shiz" is a funny word that sounds perilously like an utterance that's not often heard in polite company.
		All we needed to make things wicked better was for set designer Eugene Lee to add a horizontal banner that said "Shiz University" in order to make it clear that Shiz was a school.
		Norbert Leo Butz as Fiyero is wicked excellent (isn't he always?) as the lad who's torn between two loves for he lets us see into the heart of his dilemma.
	www.theatermania.com /content/news.cfm?int_news_id=4041 (1403 words)

	Great Teen Reads - Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		When Elphaba (the Wicked Witch of the West to be) is born, she is shunned by her parents because of her abnormal color and there is some doubt whether Elphaba’s real father is Frex.
		She is accepted into Shiz University in the end of her teen years and here she first encounters Galinda.
		At Shiz, Elphaba is first introduced to Animals, creatures that can talk and learn.
	www.greenwichschools.org /ems/bookclub05/Maguire.DCB/index.html (421 words)

	Hocus Pocus: Wicked On Broadway
		One source she did not tap was the film of The Wizard of Oz, partly because the production didn't have the rights to it, but mostly because Hilferty wasn't interested in taking that route.
		The school uniforms for Shiz University started with a school color-blue, in this instance-and then expanded to provide the students with a sense of individuality.
		The Shiz school colors also represented for Hilferty the emotional journey of Glinda and Elphaba.
	bg.entertainmentdesignmag.com /ar/show_business_hocus_pocus (3811 words)

	'Wicked' asks: Which witch is which? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		When she found out Universal Pictures had the rights and a screenwriter in place she was so disappointed that her envy wouldn't allow her to read the book.
		It sat on her shelf until Schwartz, who was pursuing the project on his own, got permission to do it as a Broadway musical and solicited her writing skills as an award winning poet, playwright and executive producer of the television series "thirtysomething" to help craft these two complex female leads.
		Madame Morrible, the headmistress at Shiz University: Carole Shelley (Tony Award winner for "The Elephant Man" and recently star of "Cabaret")
	www.northbay.com /entertainment/onstage/18wicked_q12.html (1925 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Wicked at Epinions.com
		It's here that she meets Galinda, the 'good' girl hoping to study magic at Shiz University.
		Through a series of events, Elphaba and Galinda become friends and help each other through trying times, eventually landing in the Emerald City to speak to the Wizard against the cruely towards Animals in Oz, who are being forced into silence.
		When there, Elphaba finds that the cause she is fighting for is actually being headed by the one person she was sure could help.
	www.epinions.com /content_176343256708 (667 words)

	Daydream Thoughts [Version 6.0 Lonely Flowers]
		But it's normal though coz the higher the level, it's gonna be harder to achieve it.
		Just watched Miss Universe today, and I'm shocked to see the winner is Australia.
		I was rooting for Puerto Rico and USA, and I thought it was going to be USA when there were only the two of them remaining.
	charmedcornelia.blogspot.com /2004_06_01_charmedcornelia_archive.html (1477 words)

	Wicked Reviewed
		The story then shifts back to the birth of the green skinned baby who is instantly shunned by her family and society.
		When Elphaba grows up she goes to Shiz University where she meets and instantly loathes the clothes obsessed popularity queen Galinda.
		It is not until each girl helps each other that they become friends.
	arts.monstersandcritics.com /reviews/printer_807.php (1127 words)

	Theater News - Tunes, Tomes, & Videos: Wicked Witchcraft -
		Born an unnatural green, Elphaba grows up an outcast; she ends up in wizarding school at Shiz University, where she meets and clashes with the rich, snobby, supremely blonde Galinda (who eventually drops the first "a" in her name).
		The lack of dialogue on the CD means that performers with meaty supporting parts are all but absent.
		Carole Shelley as the Mephistophelian university dean Madame Morrible and Christopher Fitzgerald as Boq, a very tall Munchkin, are each consigned to two brief appearances; Michelle Federer, who plays Elphaba's "tragically beautiful," wheelchair-bound, younger sister Nessarose, is left with only one.
	www.theatermania.com /content/news.cfm?int_news_id=4206 (768 words)

	Blunt Revew: Film Reviews, Celebrity Interviews, Music Reviews with Web Celeb Emily Blunt
		First, her instructor at Shiz University, Doctor Dillamond (Timothy Britten Parker), and then Galinda (Kendra Kassebaum), who later becomes Glinda, the Good Witch.
		Handsome Fiyero (Derrick Williams) is her dashing love interest in contrast to the many friends who inevitably turn into enemies - like the Wonderful Wizard of Oz (David Garrison), Madame Morrible (Carol Kane) and even the seemingly innocuous Munchkin Boq (Logan Lipton).
		Stage and television veteran Carol Kane is the chirpy Madame Morrible at Shiz University who first glimpses the possibilities of Elphaba's awesome power.
	www.bluntreview.com /reviews/wicked.html (887 words)

	Current Reads
		The daughter of a unionist minister, Frex and his lonely housewife, Melena, and also the heir to the throne of the Eminent Thropp (a sort of governor), Elphaba is born into the world of Oz with the unfortunate characteristics of green skin, sharp teeth and incredibly pointed features.
		Later joined by a sister, Nessarose, who has no arms, and a brother Shell, Elphaba grows into an intelligent, freakishly private young lady who goes on to study at Shiz University.
		She takes on the role of a liberal loner -- a "fringe" socialite, if you will.
	www.ecurrent.com /art/reads0305.php (847 words)

	Wicked -- Books and Cooks -- October 1999
		This girl, Elphaba, is born with emerald-green skin -- no easy burden in a land as mean and poor as Oz, where superstition and magic are not strong enough to explain or to overcome the natural disasters of flood and famine.
		But Elphaba is smart, and by the time she enters the university in Shiz, she becomes a member of a charmed circle of Oz' most promising young citizens.
		Animals -- those creatures with voices, souls and minds -- are threatened with exile.
	www.cs.cornell.edu /people/vickyw/BandC/1999books/wicked.html (502 words)

	A 'Wickedly' new Broadway hit - The Voice - features
		The play opens with Elphaba's birth as a green baby, and her family shunning her right from the start.
		She then attends Shiz University and receives the same maltreatment from her fellow college mates.
		Since Elphaba is so different from the other students, they think of her as a freak because of her green exterior.
	www.buvoice.com /media/paper227/news/2004/11/18/Features/A.wickedly.New.Broadway.Hit-811765.shtml (617 words)

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