Word: alum
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...finale continues the series' minutely observed, uncomfortable humor. The closest American equivalent is Curb Your Enthusiasm, though NBC is attempting a remake of The Office, starring Daily Show alum Steve Carell, for next year--a nerve-racking prospect, given that NBC's last such import was Coupling. Executive producer Greg Daniels (King of the Hill) says the show will have a new setting--the Dunder-Mifflin paper company in Scranton, Pa.--but similar characters and sensibility. "We love the awkward pause," he says...
Also lurking among the crowd was kitchenware magnate Chip Fisher ’78, a Spee alum known to hang around the club’s Mount Auburn St. domain for late nights with the boys. Fisher, the man behind Mr. Chips ice cream parlor and an upscale Manhattan catering house, encouraged punches to drink up and generally unnerved those in attendance. But the only thing sketchier than Fisher’s appearance last Friday is his profile on thefacebook.com, which includes shout-outs to the Spee, foxhunting and the Mashomack Polo Club. “Chip last logged...
...band broke into the Harvard Medley and proceeded to go through all of Harvard’s traditional fight songs, from “Harvardiana” to “Fight Fiercely” to “Gridiron King” with a different alum conducting each piece. Current student conductor Josh Rissmiller ’06 was the last to take the podium, as he was given the honor of leading the band’s staple piece—“Ten Thousand Men of Harvard...
Brandy Shih's crusade against freshman weight gain is more personal. The University of Texas alum remembers "gaining 15 and then some" before she graduated in 1998. Now, as one of the school's nutritionists, she greets students with her Avoid the Freshman 15 brochure (which includes nutritional information) and also holds workshops. The dining-hall menu doesn't always support her efforts. "Our chicken fingers are the No. 1-- selling item," she says. "If we take those away, we may cause a riot...
Haan said that though there have been attempts to lure prominent comedians to Harvard in the past, the last big-name comedy performance actually to take place at Harvard was David Spade, another SNL alum...