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...some, the thought of Primal Scream assuming the position is as bland as boiled millet grain. Some creative students thought up their own traditions and expanded upon others. Unsatisfied with the anonymity of streaking at night, Franklin W. Huang '99 proposes that students "streak through Cabot library," where the bravest must "stop at every cubicle." Matthew S. Trent '00 suggests prolonging one's exposure to the unflattering glare of fluorescent lights by "studying naked in Lamont...
...thinks, a reason for loving. In an actor named Ronnie Bostock (Jason Priestley), Giles sees all the beauty of the ages in one glorious package. The donnish writer buys fan mags, rents B-minus films, immerses himself in the detritus of Bostockiana. To your eyes Ronnie might seem a bland dreamboat, but that is part of the fun in this delicious comedy. And part of the truth: for it is a mark of obsession that it fixes its gaze on an object whose appeal is inexplicable...
April Cornell's merchandise has more 'character' than the bland, mass-produced items at rival Crate and Barrel across the street, and since they don't advertise, the store has an exclusive feel. So whether creating a fantasy dorm room, checking out the Provence collection, or just chilling with the 30-somethings wandering the store, April Cornell provides a chance for students with sufficient cash to be (or at least meet) the Martha Stewart of Cambridge...
...real story of the election is not that the hyper-conservative Beth A. Stewart '00 was elected council president. She, like all of her competition, was remarkably bland. This year, for the first time in the last four years, none of the candidates running for president or vice president of the council had tried for one of those offices previously. The field was young and filled with leaders by default, not by those who have in the past defined a strong vision for the council...
...even Leno's monologue captured the nightgeist: "Let's move on." He then closed with three nice, clean, bland, always-good-for-a-laff jokes about Twinkies. Remember those? Letterman was playing catch-up with Air Force One jokes about the "right-wing conspiracy." It was sad. Really...