Word: gearing
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...rail to tell me it wasn't safe and that I should come up. Sure enough, minutes later, five protesters sprint around the corner to his street and try to leap a barbed wire fence into an onion garden, quickly followed by 13 Nepalese riot police in full battle gear. One of the fleeing demonstrators, with a student's lanky hair and in a white shirt, catches the bottom of his jeans on the wire and falls, tangled, to the floor. Seven or eight of the police, crowding in, start to beat him, bringing their canes down from behind their...
...sharks,” says Pope. “Although I had a friend I was with, and she left early because she was so scared.” But something was lurking in the dark waters. Magnus Grimeland ’07 patrolled underwater, decked out in SCUBA gear and prepared to deal with any emergencies that might arise. Horovitz added that safety was a big concern. “Basically, I made a list of everything that could go wrong and I tried to make sure that didn’t happen.” But the performance...
...just before the screening. Moviegoers also munched on theme-appropriate Swedish Fish as the lights dimmed for the opening credits. In addition to four lifeguards, four policemen, and the supervisor of the MAC pool, former UC presidential hopeful Magnus Grimeland ’07 patrolled underwater in full scuba gear. Horovitz said he hopes to run the event again in the future. “I would love to see this happen as an annual thing,” he said, mentioning the possibility of moving it to Blodgett Pool. He said Blodgett can hold approximately 600 people, dwarfing...
...best part of being a filmmaker at the Ivy Film Festival, though, is the perks. Between the meals for directors, the free gear, and the parties, it seems the filmmakers get treated very well. No wonder Horovitz came back for a second helping...