Word: blankings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Second place and three blank tapes went to Andrew L. Strom '87 for his rendition of "It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood." "It just seemed the natural thing to do. I heard lip sync, I thought Mr. Rogers," said Strom, who wore his roommate's cardigan sweater and his own sneakers. "I changed my shoes and took my jacket off and put on my sweater. The crowd went wild...
ISHMAEL REED'S OFFICE IS completely bare. None of the cliched paraphernalia of a prolific writer can be found in this immaculate room. Not a single crumpled wad of paper, not one disjointed scribbled phrase nor even a teetering pile of books. The white walls are blank, the metal bookshelves are empty, neither a scrap of paper nor a mote of dust disturbs the woodgrain desk...
...Delamere. The visitor tears a page out of his notebook and walks 30 yards away and places the paper on the ground, weighed down by a stone. His lordship is asked to demonstrate his accuracy with a spear. Lord Delamere shrugs and stands and hurls his spear, impaling the blank page. The visitor asks to borrow the spear so that he might try. Alas, he does not straighten his arm, as in a javelin throw, but starts the motion somewhere behind his right ear, as if throwing a fastball. The spear sails up, too high, and at the apex, points...
...users can obtain a copy of Kermit for $5 from the Science Center supply room, or can get a more sophisticated program such as Procomm (similar in cost to Red Ryder) from friends. Those unable to obtain a terminal program from other sources should send a blank disk to the Happy Hacker at 14 Plympton St. and wait about a week for delivery...
...sounds good, but I've already taken my History." And another student who was in a Core section I taught was allowed to pass his final exam--at the professor's insistence--having written a D answer to one question and having left the other two required questions blank. In neither case are the ideals of the Core advanced, let alone those of education...