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Former president George H.W. Bush will turn 80 in June, and gifts are definitely requested. Tickets to the bash, billed as 41@80, will cost from $5,000 to $1 million. The invitation explains that a chunk of the proceeds from the two-day extravaganza--to be held in Houston and College Station, Texas--will go to the Bush Presidential Library. The remainder will be donated to a cancer center at the University of Texas and to the Points of Light Foundation, which takes its name from Bush 41's program promoting volunteerism. The highlight of the event: a parachute...
Robin J. Stephens '03 woke up the last morning of his Carribean Spring Break extravaganza in the thatched hut of a local woman, with a potent taste of alcohol on his breath, a thick smell of ganja in the air and all articles of clothing save his coconut-weaved hat bizzarely missing. As he stumbled naked and sunburned across the beach, he heard the whirr of a jet engine and watched his flight back to Harvard take off over his aching head. "Damn," he thought. "I guess there's no way I'm turning in that Social Studies response paper...
Ringling is sending a trimmed-down version of its time-tested three-ring extravaganza to places the company either has never visited (Shelbyville, Tenn.) or hasn't been to since Harding was President (Bowling Green, Ky.). Perhaps a few ancient Romans may fondly remember the last time Ringling set up its big top there, on Oct. 22, 1942, but the locals acted recently as if they had never seen anything like it, lining the streets to gawk at the 64-vehicle circus caravan rolling into town...
Distinctive to the show is the sense of community among performers, who often participate in the annual extravaganza for all four of their undergraduate years. Ghungroo’s cast draws on a mix of undergraduates, some of whom have been receiving training in South Asian dance and music since childhood. Others are just starting to get involved in the South Asian community through the biggest cultural show of the year housed in the Agassiz Theatre...
Presented by the Harvard South Asian Association, this South Asian cultural extravaganza is an annual hit. With several one-act shows, including poetry readings, skits, music, and dances, Gunghroo brings the diversity of South Asian culture to Harvard for the fifteenth year. Runs March 5-6. Tickets $10. 7:30 p.m. with additional Saturday 2 p.m. matinee ($9). Agassiz Theatere...