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...Granted, there are no midterms, essays, problem sets or readings assigned for many VES classes. Instead, there are eight-hour blocks of time struggling with intricate equipment in the basement of Sever Hall and brutally honest public critiques of finished projects. VES does not offer the satisfaction of there ever being a single correct answer...
...Arnold Cultural Society (ACS), which operates out of the Sigma Chi basement, is a case in point. When the ACS receives $450 of our termbill money to buy a DVD player, Schwarzenegger films and refreshments, it is obvious that the council is a little too free with its funds. It's not that these groups don't have a place on our campus, they just shouldn't be guaranteed our dollars...
...Rebounding from the loss, I implemented a new ten-star system, with no option to abstain. After whittling the list of potential songs down to 20, we recorded a few "basement tapes" (fittingly recorded in a basement). These low-fi, pre-recordings help to get a general sense of how a tune is going to sound on tape. Songs that leap up off of a live stage may adopt a sluggish crawl when forced onto the recorded medium. Perhaps "The Queen of Guadeloupe" was fated that...
...caller told police of a strong smell of something burning coming from the basement area of the Semitic Museum on Divinity Ave. An officer reported numerous arc welders in the area created the odor...
...After briefly congratulating myself for penetrating one of the nation's last bastions of secrecy, I descended into shock. It wasn't that I was bowled over by the committee room - really just a cluster of windowless rooms in a basement - but that I suddenly realized my own admission to college was a total fluke. In adhering to the conventional wisdom dished out by parents, teachers and so many guidebooks, I made almost every misstep in the book. I had bought into every one of the myths about applying to college...