Word: fakeness
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Three of the most recent Ivygate posts feature Harvard (one relishes a rather unflattering portrayal of Harvard in a fake advertisement,another mocks an incident involving poisoned coffee at the Harvard Medical School, and the third makes it clear that an act of arson by a Harvard grad is very much out of character with an Ivy League education). Clearly, Harvard alums and events are crucial to the blog's content. But how big a deal is the Ivygate dry spell for Harvard students...
...more sparkly. A jukebox musical inspired by Lady Gaga’s oeuvre would have audiences dancing in the aisles—and leaving the theater completely horrified. A three minute Lady Gaga award show performance alone is enough to inspire shock and awe. Imagine two hours of fake blood, bizarre costumes, and over-the-top stunts. Even Boy George’s “Taboo” would look tame by comparison...
Kirkland Dining hall will transform into a musical theatre and chapel at once, complete with skits, serenades, fake marriages, and a few romantic dinners sprinkled here and there...
...According to a 200-page CBI report, Satyam insiders forged board resolutions to secure $260 million in bank loans which were diverted for personal use, and over several years generated fake customer identities and account statements to inflate Satyam's revenues by millions of dollars, boosting the company's share price and making its books look far healthier than they were. Investigators following the paper trail have discovered that embezzled funds were channeled into 1,065 properties valued at $74 million, including some 6,000 acres of land, 40,000 sq. yd. of housing plots...
...October 2006 attack in Kashmir, security on the Indian border had become very strict. But Sabahuddin, in his statement, says that Rs. 10,000 ($222) was enough to get past the Central Reserve Police Force. "They asked me to give my address and I gave them a fake address in Kolkata," he says. "To verify me, they called my friend... [and] they got confirmed that I am an Indian and allowed me to travel." (See TIME's video "Mumbai Voices...