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...clumping overhead. As soon as the cheerleaders left, my parents and I dashed upstairs to see their handiwork. Festoons of intertwined red, black and white crepe paper dangled from the ceiling; a football-shaped piñata nestled at the foot of my brother’s bed. A feather boa was twined around his pillows. The cheerleaders had scattered glittery confetti over his sheets; they had hung a red fringe from the door lintel. The poster taped to his mirror read, “#7 Can Kick That Ball 2 Heaven...Just Use Ur Golden Toe. From Your: Cheerleader...

Author: By Phoebe Kosman, | Title: Deciding to Punt | 12/1/2003 | See Source »

...Biddies”—and to schedule a lesbian midget ultimate fighting cage match (to the death) in lieu of a class day speaker didn’t resonate with voters. When asked to comment on the outcome of the elections, Craaps furiously flipped his feather boa around his neck, stared pensively into the distance and said, “I’m simply misunderstood”—in ancient Norse...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gossip Guy | 10/9/2003 | See Source »

Although you must start out rowing in a boat by yourself, it is actually easier to ride with two people in a boat once you get accustomed to rowing, and have learned to do things like “feather.” Note: Feathering is a rowing term for how to rotate the oars as they cycle through the water and air. It’s also harder to tip with two people, although the huskier boats, called “wherries,” which beginners use, are usually more difficult to tip than the slender, long boats...

Author: By Rebecca M. Meyerson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: If You Will :: Scull | 10/9/2003 | See Source »

Only slightly taller than the podium she spoke from and wearing a straw hat with a feather stuck in it, Haddock delivered a fiery speech at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum last night on the need for more Americans, especially young working women, to vote...

Author: By Tina Wang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ‘Granny D’ Rocks Vote at Harvard | 10/3/2003 | See Source »

...Naropa University Boulder, Colo. --Maharishi University Fairfield, Iowa --Shambhala Mountain Red Feather Lakes, Colo. --Stress Reduction Clinic University of Massachusetts Amherst, Mass. --Insight Meditation Society, Barre, Mass. --Spirit Rock Center Woodacre, Calif. --The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society Northampton, Mass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Shopper's Guide to Meditation | 8/4/2003 | See Source »

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