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...been hired as a dancer at one of their parties. In the following days, several national media outlets covered the story, and Duke turned into a full-fledged circus. Reporters swarmed Durham, N.C., articles flooded newspapers, the region was blanketed in extensive television coverage, and vigils and protests abound in the state. District Attorney Michael Nifong has not helped the situation and has exacerbated the atmosphere by making public inflammatory remarks about the players. Ultimately, this case is solely about an alleged rape. As in any crime, the defendants deserve a trial by a jury in which they are innocent...
Just say no to drugs. Well, duh—if you’re a college athlete, that is. But how else does the NCAA kill the fun of Harvard’s D1 jocks? Steroids are off-limits, as is the once-popular diet supplement ephedrine. Pitfalls abound, however. According to Director of Compliance for Harvard’s Athletic Department, Nathan Fry, taking Tylenol Cold, which contains pseudoephedrine HCl, could lead to getting booted off the team. And forget March Madness fun— athletes can kiss their DHAs good-bye if they’re caught funding...
Gibson nonetheless is a lightning rod--pro-Mel and anti-Mel blogs abound on the Internet--and he knows that even non-Mexican detractors will ask why, if he's so morbidly fascinated with the bloody deeds of Jewish Pharisees and Maya priests, he doesn't hold a mirror to his own church and film the Spanish Inquisition. Gibson won't say that's a future plan, but he nods and agrees that "there are monsters in every culture...
...Everyone’s entitled to their opinion,” he says over the mic. “No one has to defend me.”More rappers take the stage, each with a “Yo yo yo!” Verses flow. Profanities abound; Felton’s hopes for a clean show are clearly dashed. The crowd celebrates disses. One competitor raps: “I’m kinda tired of this Harvard square / Yeah, they’re kinda smart but I’m hardly scared.” Liu gradually...
...Jays cover) is “Move On Now,” a power ballad sans power, which treats the audience to five minutes worth of mopey piano. All the while Archer lets his inner Adam Levine out: falsetto cries of “baby baby” abound. Of course, even here Hard-Fi fails to completely capture the timbre of their source material; at best, they’re Maroon 3 or 4. It’s not all bad. There are some interesting influences hiding beneath the surface of Hard-Fi’s sound. Their broad...