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...University administrators, that possession of microwaves and other cooking appliances besides the HSA microfridge constitutes a violation of a “fire code.” In fact, this piece ignores the debunking work done on the topic by The Crimson’s weekend magazine, Fifteen Minutes...
...We’re a big Halo room,” the boys collectively concede. On a typical night, they say, after an hour or so of studying, one roommate will decide to take a Halo break. But the boys explain that fifteen minutes actually means an hour, “and since no one can end on a losing streak, you keep playing until your luck improves. By then, of course, you’re winning, so you can’t quit now…” And the justifications continue...
...Jean Fagan Yellin, is the first biography of Jacobs, and it's a harrowing case study of the cruel conundrums women faced under slavery. When Jacobs was an adolescent, her master made sexual advances toward her. She tried to discourage him by initiating an affair with a neighbor. "At fifteen," Yellin writes, "she did not have the option of choosing virginity." But the harassment persisted, and in 1835 Jacobs took more drastic action: she ran to her grandmother's house and hid in a cubbyhole. Her sanctuary was 9 ft. long by 3 ft. high. She stayed there for almost...
Last year, the gang created the 40/40 club, gathering 13 people to eat 40-ounce burritos with 40 ounces of malt liquor in 40 minutes, a feat documented by Fifteen Minutes...
Elizabeth W. Green is a Fifteen Minutes editor...