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Like the opening notes of a Logarhythms A Cappella set, the beginning of a night out at MIT was filled with upbeat promise and anticipation. Having only been there briefly?? during the fall of my freshman year, I was ready to give the home of the disco dance floor another shot. The allure of science, math, and physics partying called...

Author: By LI S. ZHOU, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: MIT | 2/18/2010 | See Source »

...well be a memory of his own.Gardener baits the reader with a formula that would ordinarily indicate a redemption story: Tully, a fighter who retired when a change in luck robbed him of his wife and his will, finds his taste for the sport revived—if briefly??after sparring with recreational boxer Ernie Munger, only a teenager when Tully encourages him to turn pro. The classic boxing arc would pit these two against one another in the final act—vitality supplanting experience, in expectedly American fashion—but as Munger emerges...

Author: By Ryan J. Meehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Frontiers of American Tragedy | 9/4/2009 | See Source »

...With under four minutes to go in regulation, the Crimson missed free opportunities to tie the game and close the deficit eventually erased—however briefly??by Pusar’s clutch three and Lin’s last-second layup...

Author: By Emily W. Cunningham, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Shooting Struggles Sink Crimson | 1/25/2009 | See Source »

...stage with a blue plastic trash bin that looks like it might have been purchased at the Home Depot in West Roxbury, Mass. The period and setting are never clear, producing an inscrutable operatic haze that frustrates singers and spectators alike.The haze finally cleared—though only briefly??in the middle of the third and final act. As Buck was singing a humorous aria called “Einst träumte meiner sel’gen Base” (“My late cousin once dreamed”), an unexpected bang shot through the theatre...

Author: By Michael A. Yashinsky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Opera Boston Misses Its Mark with ‘Der Freischütz’ | 10/20/2008 | See Source »

...college very briefly??Santa Monica College of Los Angeles. It’s beautiful, but we pretty much got signed to a record deal right out of high school, so I didn’t put in any real time going to college. And to be perfectly honest, at the time, I wasn’t really interested. I was playing in the band, we were on the verge of getting a record deal, and I was working for a record label. I was really kind of immersed in the world that I wanted to be immersed...

Author: By Frances Jin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 Q’s with Mike Einziger | 9/17/2008 | See Source »

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