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...find myself qualified for this fellowship because of the success of my previous research on Shakespeare’s son-nets; I’ve discovered that the genre’s name comes from the practice of emcee??s opening their flows with the statement, “Yo, yo, I’m about to make you my son.” The infatuated crowds termed them “son-nets.” These poems caught opponents as they became, derogatorily, “sons”. Because scribes became fatigued copying down...

Author: By Mark J. Chiusano, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fellowships, Grants and Stipends, Oh My! | 2/18/2009 | See Source »

...men’s side, 13 students raced to scarf a dozen donuts, while the women’s division saw nine three-member teams in a four-doughnut-a-piece relay. The difference between the two divisions is a matter of taste. As the competition’s emcee??Danielle Thiriot ’07—put it, “The men’s event is the distance event. It’s all about pacing yourself and finishing the whole dozen. The women’s event is the finale; the sprint...

Author: By Khalid Abdalla, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Many Delicious Donuts Meet Demise | 9/27/2006 | See Source »

Buoyed by the enthusiasm of “emcee?? and Crimson Executive Abraham J.R. Riesman ’08, the Quincy Cage (in the basement of Quincy House) became the epicenter for indie rock enthusiasts at Harvard eager for free beer and music. Although it had been burdened with the disclaimer that the “first time is the worst time,” The Masquerock was a bona fide respectable rock concert of student bands, featuring Susan Putnins and the Sinister Turns (covering Third Eye Blind), Plan B for the Type A’s (covering...

Author: By Jessica C. Coggins, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Student Bands ‘Masquerock’ | 10/31/2005 | See Source »

This time it worked, because Busta Rhymes is an anachronism in rap music, a popular artist who gets by on lyrical skill and wit alone (taking hot beats for granted). Technically speaking, he’s an emcee??s emcee??he spits rhymes with perfect breath control, speeding up and slowing down, stopping and starting at will, lyrically careening all over the beat without losing a drip of flow. And for all his lyrics, he doesn’t say a damn thing, or at least nothing that isn’t needed to rock...

Author: By Ryan J. Kuo, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Busta Brings Catchy Rhymes and Good Times to Harvard | 4/30/2004 | See Source »

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