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...competitor in last year’s battle, Lev A. Shaket ’10 returned this year to deliver an original rap. Akrobatik, a Boston rapper whose 2005 album was selected as one of Rolling Stone’s top 50 records of that year, closed the event with a short performance. An accomplished freestlyer himself, Akrobatik said he was impressed with the evening’s competitors. “It takes a lot to just get up there and let somebody throw insults at you,” he said. “You never know what...
...held at MIT devoted to exploring Internet popular culture. Organized by Tim R. Hwang ’08, the conference featured panel discussions with Internet celebrities such as Homestar Runner, Brad Neely of Super Deluxe, and Drew Curtis of Fark.com. Included among the almost 100 guest speakers at the event was Christian Lander of the blog “Stuff White People Like.” Lander said he is not worried about the spin-offs, such as “Stuff Educated Black People Like,” that have been inspired by his site. “They?...
Three weeks ago, the Joint Subcommittee of the Committees on College Life and House Life issued a working draft of a report concerning student organization event management. While this draft is not final, it lays out some important changes regarding the process of hosting large-scale social events in the College. Thankfully, the document suggests helpful and laudable common-sense measures that need to be taken to ensure the safety and success of large-scale social events. Moreover, the process by which the draft was written signifies a constructive departure from the heavy-hand paternalism that was embraced...
...Recycler” to “Switching to CFLs is the sexiest and greenest thing you can do,” undergraduates descended upon the Malkin Athletic Center quad Saturday to learn about different ways to contribute to sustainability. The Environmental Action Committee (EAC) sponsored the event that brought together an array of campus groups—from the Harvard College Democrats to the Harvard Outing Club—to encourage students to be involved in environmental efforts. “We are trying to make this a community event, something everyone can participate in to make sustainability...
...dinner itself was an unspectacular spread of white wine, white fish, steak and cheesecake. It was followed by President Bush, who rose to offer C-SPAN viewers another reason to doubt political journalists' ability to be anything but cowardly suck-ups to presidential pomp. In recent years, this event has been known mainly for the fantastic performance in 2006 of Stephen Colbert, the Comedy Central host, who addressed the crowd with a withering critique of both the failures of President Bush and the media. "I stand by this man," Colbert had said sarcastically of Bush, at one point. "I stand...