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Chelsea S. Simmons ’06 isn’t letting the crisp fall weather put a damper on her Florida style. The Gainesville native skips down the stairs from her second-floor room in Thayer in a white tube top, low-rise black pants that are pretending to be held up by a stone-studded chain belt, and white flip-flops. Her waist-length blond hair makes her easy to spot as she joins her group of friends at the center of the Yard. Almost immediately, progress is halted, as Alexa L. Von Tobel...
...ruin that dream, buying them round after round. By the time the music stops and a Reno campaign ad comes on the giant video screens, putting a bit of a damper on the already struggling atmosphere, my new friends have climbed onto a huge plastic stage, where they gyrate to the ad. When Reno finally hits the stage, the newly converted Nicole is screaming, "Reno rocks!" over and over, so I miss a lot of the speech, but it seems to have something to do with wanting to improve the state of Florida...
...ruin that dream, buying them round after round. By the time the music stops and a Reno campaign ad comes on the giant video screens, putting a bit of a damper on the already struggling atmosphere, my new friends have climbed onto a huge plastic stage, where they gyrate to the ad. When Reno finally hits the stage, the newly converted Nicole is screaming, "Reno rocks!" over and over, so I miss a lot of the speech, but it seems to have something to do with wanting to improve the state of Florida...
...needn't have fretted. In the 69th minute of the match, midfielder Park Ji Sung deftly executed one of the prettiest strikes of the Cup. As fireworks flashed overhead, more than 400,000 citizens poured onto the streets of Seoul to celebrate. Only one thing could possibly put a damper on the beer-soaked crowds: the U.S., too, had advanced to the second round, precisely because Park's goal had relegated the Portuguese. But for once, the Koreans felt no twinge of insecurity. "We are both powerful now," says 36-year-old reveler Lee So Jung. "We can celebrate together...
...Obviously we’re thrilled to have won Sprints twice,” said sophomore Will Riffelmacher of the 2V boat. “The varsity’s loss puts a bit of a damper on our feelings, but those guys just rowed their heart out and came up a little bit short...