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Figures provided by the admissions office suggest that this threshold, measured in SAT-terms, is around 1300. Although students from families making below $40,000 a year on the whole face lower acceptance rates than those from more wealth, above this 1300 threshold, the acceptance rates flip-flop...

Author: By Elizabeth W. Green, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Classy Affair | 11/13/2003 | See Source »

...however, as bad, cookie-cutter holiday entertainment can turn into a recipe for disaster. Well-respected celebs can blatantly showcase their unbridled capitalistic greed and thinly-veiled exploitation of fan base, or, as in the case of Will Farell’s Elf, gamble with projects that may completely flop and/or irreparably tarnish their image...

Author: By Lisa M. Puskarcik, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bubblegum Machine | 11/7/2003 | See Source »

...more than Vanilli, it was silly...”) riding on booming bass swells. Finally, the inclusion of Goodie Mob veteran Cee-Lo on “Reset” shows far more design than most of the posse collaborations on Speakerboxxx (the Jigga-enhanced “Flip Flop Rock,” being a polished exception...

Author: By Michael S. Hoffman and Will B. Payne, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Music Debate | 10/10/2003 | See Source »

...Boi’s standout, “Flip Flop Rock”, features a twangy guitar riff and hi-hats that fade out every measure.  It’s a beauty of a battle-rap track, no doubt, but what makes the song is Jay-Z’s rhythmically irresistible hook: “Young Hov in the place to be, Big Boi in the place to be / André 3000 … Shout out to public housin’ … I brought the whole hood with me! Yeah! Yeah...

Author: By Michael S. Hoffman and Will B. Payne, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Music Debate | 10/10/2003 | See Source »

...Howard Dean with stars and a war record. Clark seems to have realized this himself, for the next day he reversed course. "I would never have voted for this war," he told the Associated Press. "I've gotten a very consistent record on this." His flip-flop delighted some of his rivals. "If it doesn't get any better than the first 24 hours," says a strategist for another Democrat, "he's going to be gone in two weeks." Dean's campaign manager, Joe Trippi, is warier. "The other campaigns make a mistake if they don't take him seriously...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The General Jumps In | 9/29/2003 | See Source »

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