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Disappointed by my failure to find, let alone rankle the MTV brass, I resolve to head for the Boston Common where the day's other political event is being held: the seventh annual Freedom Fest, a rally for marijuana legalization. But on the way to fetch some change for the T, I nearly trip over Labor Secretary Robert Reich. Literally...
HYPE should also be recognized for registering at least 400 voters during the rock-filled fest and for its efforts in enticing students to attend by closing some house dining halls, recruiting speakers like Susan Roosevelt Weld and George Stephanopoulos, and hiring bands like Expanding Man, Piraeus and Daily Planet. By making the afternoon fun, they showed how pop-culture and politics can work together to inform students about the power of voting. We encourage students to take advantage of events like HYPE in the future...
TWISTER (opens May 10). Second-unit ingenuity spurs a destructo-fest, as naughty tornados send cars crashing and rip the roofs off barns. One suspects that, as a movie monster, this killer twister may be a dud: it has no personality and can't sneak up on you. But with the heft of Steven Spielberg, Michael Crichton and Jan de Bont (Speed) behind it, Twister could suck hot air and still gross a quick $100 million...
...standing in the Malkin Athletic Center Quad with a few hundred students in the rain while enduring an interminable delay and the self-imposed humiliation of Undergraduate Council President Rob Hyman didn't make you want to leave Spring Fest, then the pedestrian performance of the Pharcyde almost certainly did. From the moment they finally ran on stage, Imani, Booty Brown, Fatlip, and Slimkid 3 sang nothing as interesting or impressive as the two Harvard-based freestyle rap groups that opened up for them...
...They seemed more interested in making money than performing well for an eager audience. If for every time they mentioned the albums they gave the crowd a couple minutes of good music, the concert would have been a highlight of the day rather than the bittersweet ending to Spring Fest...