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...Rowling made it impossible not to revere him. But here is a gay man as desexed as any priest--and, to uncomfortably extend the analogy, whose greatest emotional bond is with an adolescent boy: scarred, orphaned, needy Harry. Rowling said that in her conception of his character, Dumbledore had fallen in love with Gellert Grindelwald long ago, when the two were just teenagers. But Grindelwald turned out to be evil--Rowling's Hitler, in fact--which apparently broke Dumbledore's heart...
...When asked during an event at Carnegie Hall whether Dumbledore had ever fallen in love, Rowling replied “I always thought of [him] as gay.” Silence filled the hall, followed by a roar of applause, followed by the greatest wave of blog chatter and Listserv speculation since Larry Craig fell into the toilet. Articles in Time, USA Today and other papers chortled about the “bombshell,” and a search for “Dumbledore + gay” in Technorati’s blog catalog on Wednesday yielded nearly as many...
Rumors of freshmen burning bed sheets en masse while mites burrow through their skin has the undergraduate population on the watch for any itch that might mean they’ve fallen prey to the scabies epidemic. But does everyone need to lock their doors and hide under as-of-yet uninfected blankets? Not quite yet. According to Dr. Soheyla Gharib, Chief of Medicine at UHS, a grand total of 3 students were diagnosed as of the 13th. For the panic-stricken feeling ghost-itches everywhere, FM introduces the Scabies Watch, a weekly warning of exactly how worried you need...
...Dumbledore as gay." After a collective gasp, the audience roared with applause. Rowling was clearly astonished by the positive reaction and exclaimed, "if I'd known it would make you so happy, I would have announced it years ago!" She went on to say that she thought Dumbledore had fallen in love with Grindelwald, a Dark Wizard he defeated in battle in 1945, which possibly made it forgivable that he had not seen Grindelwald's true nature, because "falling in love can blind us to an extent...
...Senior wideout Corey Mazza, averaging 104 receiving yards per game, and sophomore Matt Luft have been the top targets this season in a deep receiving corps.Harvard will face a Princeton defense that was one of the stingiest in the league last year, allowing 17.9 points per game, but has fallen off significantly this season. The Tigers are currently giving up 31.8 points per game, including 32 to Columbia and 33 to Brown in Princeton’s two Ivy contests of the season.“I think clearly we’re a little younger on defense than...