Word: bouncers
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Melissa M. Gniadek ’02 was surprised when she breezed through Boston for a weekend and wasn’t allowed past the velvet rope and burly, out-sourced bouncer that kept non-invites out of the Fly’s annual Calypso party. “I just always think of the Calypso party as a big event everyone goes to when they get back to school,” Gniadek says. “I was never even that close to guys in the Fly, but they would always let us all in...I guess things...
...first-years turn their sights to the main event of the night—in their words, getting their dance on. To do that, they decide, they need to get to the Quad, where the party of choice is in Cabot. Having made it past the bouncer, woven through the crowds and gotten just a little freaky in a black-lit back room, the frosh see a night full of promise. Tillery is doing his usual, making himself noticed among the thronging masses by commenting candidly on the characters he sees. “That kid dresses like a fucking...
...Delphic instead. Now numbering around 15 first-years, the group makes a half-hearted attempt to get into the final club but is quickly turned away. “Yes, we’re losers,” Simmons says, laughing, as she walks away from the bouncer. As they continue, Simmons leans over a man passed out on the hood of a Corolla and Kelly playfully pretends to push her on top of him. “He’s snoring,” she squeals, and darts away. At 12:45, they finally reach Noch?...
...TIME: The Rise And Fall Of Bernie Ebbers A bar bouncer turned telecom billionaire, he's now out of a job and $366 million in debt. But he still has faith 5/13/02...
...could be a long ride down for Ebbers, but then he enjoyed a long ride up. Born to a working-class family and reared in Edmonton, Alta., in western Canada, the 6-ft. 4-in. Ebbers worked as a milkman and bar bouncer before winning a basketball scholarship to Mississippi College, a small Baptist school in Jackson. He stayed on in Mississippi as a basketball coach and hotel owner. Then, in 1983, he met a group of investors who had come to technologically deprived central Mississippi to cash in on the federally mandated breakup of AT&T. Meeting...