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Quirks: Cabot is the only Quad House that is actually on the Quad itself, so when the weather gets nice, Cabot holds frequent barbecues. The House also holds Senior Common Room dinners two or three times a semester, sometimes with musically inclined Cabot residents performing (recent performers have included...

Author: By Ellen C. Bryson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Housing Market Reviews: Cabot House | 3/7/2010 | See Source »

5) You can indulge your quirks. Whether it’s going to sleep at 10 p.m., or enjoying the pleasures of recreational nudity, House life isn’t really compatible with eccentric habits. I fall into the latter category, and nudity is sadly not tolerated in dining halls...

Author: By Lena Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Renouncing the River Gods | 3/3/2010 | See Source »

And the more reality TV there is, the more outrageous you have to be to break out. Nadya Suleman, or Octomom, parlayed a horrifyingly dangerous multiple birth into a reality special, ending up - like her apparent model, Angelina Jolie - on the cover of Star magazine, showing off "My New Bikini...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reality TV at 10: How It's Changed Television — and Us | 2/22/2010 | See Source »

Munich's newly opened Louis Hotel claims inspiration from mad King Ludwig II of Bavaria. Stand in the lobby, though, and the eccentric ruler, famed for his love of golden chariots, towering palaces and extravagant grottoes, definitely does not spring to mind. Would he really have taken to these simple...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bavarian Rhapsody | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

The fuzziness of Gosling's tale, along with his repeated insistence that his victim was not his official partner but - using another phrase that might be heard in Nottingham and other parts of England - his "bit on the side," makes him a less than ideal celebrity figurehead for the right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A TV Confession Reignites Britain's Euthanasia Debate | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

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