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...concerts: alongside the familiar orchestras, rock bands, and a cappella groups, students will also find everything from gypsy-bluegrass fusion to rhythmic ping pong. These offbeat acts cover a considerable range of traditions and experiences. Some, like Jeolla Woodo Iri Pangut, a Korean percussion group, deliver faithful renditions of ancient pieces; others, like The Harvard Undergraduate Drummers (THUD), draw on modern-day implements to produce their trademark sound. All of these groups, however, find a common goal in their efforts to bring their unusual music to a University-wide audience. I JUST WANT TO BANG ON THE DRUM Danielle...

Author: By Catherine L. Tung, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Beat of a Different Drum | 5/4/2006 | See Source »

...that I had watched, with contentment, from immediately behind O’Donnell Field’s backstop, a steady stream of Ancient Eight hitters hang their heads and drag their bats back to the dugout after watching another deceptive curveball break over the heart of the plate for called strike three. Now that I knew my pubescent wrist wouldn’t shatter if I tried to snap one off. Now that I could be sure Trotman wouldn’t turn on a hanger...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: IN LEHMAN'S TERMS: Essence of Curveball Hard to Capture | 5/4/2006 | See Source »

...worked as hard on the thesis, or harder, than he did on this play. If that says anything about the quality of the thesis, the thesis must be extraordinary,” says Spillane-Hinks.Martin’s thesis, a study of ancient Greek democracy through an analytical narrative and a combined adaptation of Aristophanes’ “The Birds” and “Lysistrata,” was awarded a summa on its first grade and is also being considered for the Hoopes Prize. It incorporates an analysis of historical government with the modern...

Author: By Mollie K. Wright, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Liam R. Martin '06 | 5/3/2006 | See Source »

...chances may be upped by the recent increase in Ivy players making the pros.Former teammate Ryan Fitzpatrick ’05 is entering his sophomore season with the St. Louis Rams after his seventh-round selection in last year’s draft, and this year three Ancient Eight players have a decent shot at joining him.All are expecting 6’5 315-pound Kevin Boothe of Cornell to go early; he is ranked as high as seventh by the pundits at offensive guard.“[He] will be drafted, that’s very clear from...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dawson Gets Chance for Football Future | 4/26/2006 | See Source »

...Remind me again where the guy went to college? What bowl game did his team play in? Oh, that’s right. We don’t play bowl games in the Ancient Eight...

Author: By Malcom A. Glenn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: THE MALCOM X-FACTOR: Draft Day Less Fun Without Crimson | 4/26/2006 | See Source »

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