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...best cheers are spontaneous and usually very cruel. For example, University of Florida power forward Udonis Haslem, is very, shall we say, morbidly obese. At the Florida game, chants of Please dont eat me! Clap-clap clap-clap-clap shook Cameron, as well as the Fat Albert greeting, Hey, hey, hey! When UNC came to Cameron two years ago, their star guard, Ed Cota, had recently been arrested for drunk driving. Some enterprising Blue Devil fan got the idea of distributing thousands of copies of a fake Cota mug shot to the crowd, who held them up throughout the game...

Author: By Thomasin D. Franken, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Rival Rivalry | 11/15/2001 | See Source »

Devoted Dispatch fans and first-timers alike could hardly stay in their seats as the band urged them to clap along to crowd pleasers like “Bang, Bang,” “Small Change,” “Bats in the Belfry” and “The General.” Chetro, donning a black Rage Against the Machine t-shirt and a head full of the happiest blond curls ever, enchanted listeners with his smooth reggae-influenced vocals, while Braddigan provided intricate drum solos à la The Who?...

Author: By Antoinette C. Nwandu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dispatch Kids Rock the Harvard Scene | 10/26/2001 | See Source »

Devoted Dispatch fans and first-timers alike could hardly stay in their seats as the band urged them to clap along to crowd pleasers like “Bang, Bang,” “Small Change,” “Bats in the Belfry” and “The General.” Chetro, donning a black Rage Against the Machine t-shirt and a head full of the happiest blond curls ever, enchanted listeners with his smooth reggae-influenced vocals, while Braddigan provided intricate drum solos à la The Who?...

Author: By Antoinette C. Nwandu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dispatch Kids Rock the Harvard Scene | 10/26/2001 | See Source »

...eyes are playing tricks on me—I wonder if in my eagerness for the show’s start I have seen a change in lighting that did not actually occur— but as the darkness creeps over the theater, I remember to exhale. Some people clap at this point, probably relieved that the wait is over; I don’t, as I believe I would be overly compensating the techie who turned down the house lights. Instead, I shut the playbill in my lap, fold my arms, and simply stare at the stage. It doesn?...

Author: By Adam R. Perlman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Everybody's Got the Right | 9/14/2001 | See Source »

...people of the central Sahara. The competition is both a demonstration of skill, and an opportunity for the village of Timia to celebrate the wedding of Adam's sister. A cry goes up and all the camels rise at once. One lets out a low growl. Women ululate and clap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sunset Looms for Africa's Salt Trekkers | 9/7/2001 | See Source »

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