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...Accelerate?? is what its title suggests: a return to speed for R.E.M., the godfathers of alternative rock. Given the lukewarm responses to their last three decidedly-subdued albums, the band should be commended for cranking up the volume, letting loose, and creating their shortest album ever. But the results, though promising, aren’t immune to R.E.M.’s recent strains of mediocrity. The single greatest aspect of this album is the triumphant return of Mike Mills’ musicianship. As R.E.M.’s trusty bassist, Mills has been criminally overlooked for decades...
...answers to some big questions about its prospects for this year. As a young but talented team, Harvard needs to prove that it can execute in high-stress situations. Though it opened the season brilliantly, the freshman-heavy starting line faces a gut-check if it hopes to accelerate??rather than skid—into the Ivy League season. “Losing to Penn [last Saturday] put us in a hole that we now need to get ourselves out of, and beating Yale will be the perfect way to do it,” Altchek said...
...which Harvard has changed over the past few decades, moving away from its roots as a college serving the elites of New England towards its new role as the undergraduate portion of the world’s foremost research university. Doubtless, the shift will continue, and will probably accelerate??but administrators, alumni and students alike should recognize that Harvard abandons its past at its peril...
...case in point was in the third period Saturday, when a Wayne State player tried to check Ruggiero into the boards. The hit failed to slow her down—if anything it caused her to accelerate??and she did not stop until the puck...
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