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...last weekend. Quadlings couldn’t get in the building, reading room, up the elevator, or down again without a propped open door. Was “get thee to Allston already” the secret message? After a Disney sing-a-long, rapscallions barged into the Kong circa 3:45 and demanded the evening’s leftovers. Found: condom wrappers in Widener stacks and on the steps of Widener. It has been unseasonably warm. Best g-chat away messages: “Jamaica Kincaid forgot it was Martin Luther King Day. Amazing...
...second Senate term recently secured in the 2006 midterm elections, Hillary Rodham Clinton is long past her days as first lady in the White House. Yet, just like an annoyingly catchy single by a reinvented-for-the-new-decade star of 90s pop, they just keep bringing back Hillary, circa...
...Haunted Houses in 2006 by industry e-rag HauntWorld, the House draws crowds from around New England with its giant 30-foot monster scarecrow and massive pumpkin collection. It also features a website (http://www.hauntedoverload.com) that looks like it was made by a bored fifth grader in computer class circa 1995. Those hoping to find seasonal entertainment while avoiding long-distance travel can check out local haunt Spooky World. Located in Boston’s Bayside Exposition Center, Spooky World combines a cozy New England feel (there are still pumpkins and mansions) with the extravagance and spectacle of the urban...
Long, long ago (circa 1979) an institution was born at Harvard College. It was named “The Core,” and its coming was prophesized to herald a golden age in the education of collegiate pupils. Under its benevolent rule, simple undergraduates would be transformed from ignorant savages into enlightened cosmopolitans who no longer sought to gain the easy A, but rather to enrich their existence with knowledge of the ages. All that was needed was absolute submission?...
...feel mature and wealthy. But as much as I care about the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, it was never more than a minute or two before I switched back to something more interesting. And this, in a nutshell, is the state shared by indie rock stalwarts Yo La Tengo circa 2006. After starting out their career with a series of exciting, creative, and loud albums, culminating in 1997’s “I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One,” senescence began to set in. Since then, their new releases have been called amiable, mellow...