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...Brotherhood, which debuts in June. That drama, which features two brothers--one a rising politician, the other a small-time crook--is set in Providence, R.I., but also explores fate and circumstance in the mournful, urban-blighted Northeast of a generation ago. "Without getting too highfalutin," says creator Blake Masters about the trend toward villain protagonists, "post-9/11, we hit some of our darkest days, and now we're in a war that will go on for years against an enemy we can't understand. One of the things we can do in TV and movies is explore that...
...finishing its season—with a focused crunch-time attitude. Following what has been a disturbing season-long trend, the Crimson failed to finish games strongly down the stretch and was swept, 3-0 (30-23, 30-25, 30-26) on Friday evening at Springfield College at the Blake Arena in Springfield, Mass. “We can’t close matches this year,” junior Dave Fitz said. “We don’t have a killer instinct.” The Pride (8-10, 6-2) received a dominant performance from freshman...
...people on who worked hard on the freshman formal.” In response to a request by Council member Matthew R. Greenfield ’08 for an audit of the FYSC’s Freshman Formal expenses, the FYSC participated in a financial review by UC Treasurer Blake M. Kurisu ’07. Kurisu’s review, presented at yesterday’s UC meeting, found that “all UC funding of the FYSC has gone toward expenses explicitly related to the Freshman Formal and other official FYSC events...
...distance runners in the country. On Saturday, the Harvard track and field star finished 54th at the USATF Cross Country Championships at Van Cortlandt Park just outside New York City. Her time of 30:23 for the 8-kilometer race put her just under four minutes behind the winner. Blake Russell, a 30-year old professional runner, won the championship race in 26:47. Only three runners associated with colleges finished higher than Scherf, with Chelsea McKell of BYU leading that pack with her 8th-place finish. —THE CRIMSON STAFF
Take Anita Blake. Many have. She's a vampire hunter who fell for Richard, a werewolf, slept with wereleopards Micah and Nathaniel and then bedded Jean Claude, the master vampire of St. Louis, Mo. When vertical, she runs around like a paranormal Kay Scarpetta, keeping her fanged friends out of trouble. "Anita knew Richard was a monster, but he was no rapist," writes Laurell K. Hamilton, Blake's creator. Hamilton, currently writing the 15th novel in the series (the last four were New York Times best sellers), says the secret to her vampires' popularity is that "they're people first...