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Early on the morning of Sept. 18, Collin Burton stopped at Central Sqaure's Hi-Fi Pizza on his way home from a night in Harvard Square. According to police reports, after an argument with the occupants of a green Ford Bronco, Burton banged his fist on the jeep's hood. The Bronco's passenger fired once into Burton's chest. He died the following morning...
...Burton's murder highlights one of Cambridge's trouble spots: Central Square. It has long been a favorite area for robbers and drug dealers. In fact, several drug-related shootings were reported in the area in the weeks leading up to Burton's death...
...like his sense of humor a lot. I might even say it's the tuning fork by which I calculate my own," says Burton, who is also vice president of the Undergraduate Council...
Gorey's quirky fascination with death, Burton says, may hold a particular resonance for Harvard students...
...Certainly his obsession with themes of morbidity, psychological trouble, those might be a reflection of his time at Harvard," Burton says. "His sick sense of humor--I think it's hard to spend four years here without getting that...