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Peek into the basement windows of Pennypacker Hall and you may notice that it’s a little different from the basements of most freshman dorms. Nestled among the vending machines, flat-screen television, and cushy furniture are shelves of vinyl records, rows upon rows of compact disks, and not one but several studios and turntables...

Author: By Asli A. Bashir, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: WHRB Finds a Home in the Air | 6/1/2007 | See Source »

...practically grew up in the House. Dingell recalls hunting rats "as big as cats" with an air rifle in the Capitol basement, and Franklin D. Roosevelt inscribed a photograph to him--"my friend"--around the time that Dingell was a 12-year-old congressional page. He insists that he never planned to occupy his father's seat, but the senior Dingell's death in office left a humming political machine leaderless and important goals unmet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Auto Insider Takes on Climate Change | 5/31/2007 | See Source »

...head of Nurbank, Abilmazhen Gilimov, now in police custody and under investigation for alleged embezzlement, appeared on Kazakhstan National TV last Saturday to repeat his court statement claiming that Aliyev had him and his colleague handcuffed and hauled to a basement. Gilimov says that Aliyev then fired a gun over their heads and threatened to kill them, saying: "In this country I can get away with anything." There has still been no sign of Gilimov's deputy, Zholdas Timraliyev. When the kidnappings were first reported, the Presidential son-in-law had offered an $83,000 reward to anyone who found...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kazakhstan's Family Feud | 5/29/2007 | See Source »

...entering, according to an e-mail sent by Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) sergeant William McNamara. According to HUPD spokesman Steven G. Catalano, officers were dispatched to Adams on a report of suspicious behavior. When they arrived, they located an individual playing pool with two students in the basement of Adams. After an investigation, HUPD officers arrested the man, identified as James Ruma, a resident of Medford, Mass. who formerly worked in the Eliot and Kirkland dining halls. According to the e-mail sent by McNamara, which was forwarded to Adams House residents, Ruma said that he was in Adams...

Author: By Nan Ni, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crasher Caught Playing Pool | 5/23/2007 | See Source »

...bubble.” Another criticism of television in dorm rooms is that it would detract from the communal experience of gathering in common rooms. But strangers do not meet in common rooms to bond over commercial breaks. They merely share awkward moments when one person treks to the basement for a basketball game while the next one fancies Jack Bauer. Most students do not wish to be disturbed or fight over the remote. The plan thus seems like a win-win situation—students who want satellite television could get it and students who do not want...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: TV Or Not TV | 5/23/2007 | See Source »

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