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...envision Matt cruising around Texas in his Chevy, Bud in one hand, bud in the other?... Riverdance comes to Boston this week. Hooray!...Will Smith keeps getting mentioned for high profile upcoming movies--a Muhammad Ali biopic, taking the place of Carey Grant in a remake of Charade, etc. Why the delusion? Will Smith is slightly charming, and a box office draw, but he still can't act... Did you know Modern Maturity has the highest circulation of any magazine in the country? And here I thought it was Teen People...Have a great Halloween weekend. A friend...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Soman's In The [K]now | 10/29/1999 | See Source »

...Ever wonder why most ID numbers start with similar digits (504, 304, 604, etc.)? Ever think there might be a conspiracy to rank students according to social status (104=in FM nearly every week, 304=cool, 604=not antisocial, 904=Science Fiction Association)? Wamback assures us that "There are no personal, social or academic attributes hidden in the number. This is simply a numbering convention based on a custom generation algorithm. Numbers are assigned at random based on the next available number whether the individual is a student or an employee. The first numbers issued back in 1974 began with...

Author: By David M. Rosenblatt, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: The ID Deconstructed | 10/28/1999 | See Source »

...Muslim. Indeed, in a conversation with me Wednesday night, Oppenheim asked me the difference between the Society of Arab Students and the Harvard Islamic Society. Arab is an ethnicity, Islam a religion. Members of Islam come from many different ethnic and national groups such as African, Indonesian, American, Indian etc. The Arab world only constitutes 18-20 percent of the world's Muslims...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

...long they stuck around). But for some reason--even the experts can't explain this one-- she's still making albums. And people buy them! Why??! Every song is the same! Every album is the same! They even have the same titles! "Dreamlover" -- "Heartbreaker," "Fantasy"--"Honey," "Butterfly"--"Rainbow"--"Daydream", etc. The girl is so afraid to go out a limb and try something new that she's even sampling herself--"Heartbreaker," like "Fantasy," borrows liberally from Tom Tom Club's "Genius of Love" (Test: sing "Fantasy's" verses to yourself and then sing "Heartbreaker's" verses. See?) And worst...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Soman's In the [K]now: a pop culture compendium | 10/15/1999 | See Source »

...them often but pay them off each month, you stand to earn perks as well as accruing a positive credit history. Though this may not seem like a big deal now, it will come in handy when you want to finance graduate school, buy a car, buy a house, etc. A negative credit history, on the other hand, can actually prevent you from making future purchases...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tips for Avoiding Debt | 10/15/1999 | See Source »

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