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...Comping is an affectionate way of describing the sound a comper's ear makes when it is being brutally slapped by a Crimson editor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Truth from the Dining Hall | 3/3/1994 | See Source »

When it came time for my first edit, however, I was told that the world "businesswomen" would have to be neutralized. Being a lowly, intimidated comper in my first day on the job, I said nothing, although the change bothered me. After all, the stand sold gender specific in my terminology? I doubt many men frequented the kiosk, and men were certainly not the stand's primary clientele...

Author: By Ethan M. Tucker, | Title: The Neutering of Language | 12/17/1993 | See Source »

...been thinking about the word "comp." It's a sinister word: it rhymes with "stomp" and "whomp." "Comper" sounds like my last name. During the news comp, I was called "Molly B. Comper" by some of the executives...

Author: By Molly B. Confer, | Title: The Season of Comptober | 10/8/1993 | See Source »

...managing editor told my parents during First-Year Parents' Weekend, "Molly is one of our rising stars!" As time passed, it became apparent that I wasn't one of their rising stars. As more time passed, it became apparent that they thought my name really was Molly B. Comper...

Author: By Molly B. Confer, | Title: The Season of Comptober | 10/8/1993 | See Source »

...Times. Hell, Molly wouldn't even give me gas money to get to Rhode Island, and the powers that be at the Crimson sure weren't going to give me some guinea-pig comper to mark up. So if I was going to get some dirt about tattooing, I would need to get one myself. I couldn't, after all, pretend that my dignity prohibited me from going under the needle. I'm already marked--thrice, as luck would have it: a pathetic whale on my right ankle, a David Smith sculpture (Voltri-Bolton I) on my left ankle...

Author: By Seth Mnookin, | Title: TATTOO YOU | 9/30/1993 | See Source »

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