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...they offer more human targets during Frisbee recreation. For upperclassmen, a seat to reflect with nostalgia on the good ol’ days. For tourists, a chance to stop and smell the manure. For performers, an audience. For squirrels, a playground. For voyeurs, a venue. For fat people, a break. Or a test of will power. And in the spring, they’ll offer perverts a 360 experience of Primal Scream… The hippies can still sprawl across the lawn or rub up against a tree, but now all those people who wouldn’t otherwise plop...

Author: By Charles R. Melvoin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Chairs in the Yard: Love It | 9/15/2009 | See Source »

...politically divisive figure. "You don't get good salad without a bit of vinegar," says Green. They cared about only one thing: Could he play well with others? "Most reality shows are cast for conflict," says Green. "If you cast our show that way, it would break." All the "stars" are partnered with professional dancers, who teach them how to dance--and how to win viewers' and judges' hearts and votes. Each pair gets pretty close. (DeLay is being mentored by Cheryl Burke, whose usual strategy is to make the audience "uncomfortable watching it because we are going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dancing with the Stars: The Tom DeLay Edition | 9/14/2009 | See Source »

...this?" he says. "No. I'm just going to dance and have fun." But he has to know, as we all do, that stars don't end up on a reality show - even a mainstream, wholesome one like DWTS - at the height of their powers. Liddell is taking a break from fighting, Carter is trying to put some tabloid antics behind him, and Natalie Coughlin is a swimmer - most recognizable when wearing a skull-hugging cap. They're on the show because they're looking for the next step or another chance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dancing with the Stars: The Tom DeLay Edition | 9/14/2009 | See Source »

...remember was hearing a pop and then I fell to the floor,” Evans said. “It sounded like someone just took my bone and tried to break it in half...

Author: By Martin Kessler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Loses Top Recruit to Injury | 9/14/2009 | See Source »

...Cambridge Fire Department Deputy Chief Francis E. Murphy III. Outside Quincy on Plympton Street, the smell of gas was palpable throughout the afternoon. Although gas levels inside the building were not of immediate concern, turning electric appliances on and off in the building could have caused a fire to break out, Murphy said, but with the building evacuated, that risk was minimized. An NSTAR team excavated the gas main and plugged the leak by the evening. According to witness reports, the leak likely started at around 1:30 or 2:00 p.m., but students were not officially informed...

Author: By Elias J. Groll, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gas Leak Causes Dorm Evacuation | 9/14/2009 | See Source »

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