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Finally, the staff's suggestion that a generic student center will make minorities feel more comfortable is patently absurd. Office space has no such curative power...

Author: By Noah Oppenheim, | Title: Rankings Irrelevant | 12/16/1998 | See Source »

...feel like it's one of those generic storesthat doesn't produce anything creative. It's kindof like McDonald's coming to the Square. It justmakes it like any other square in the UnitedStates," said Nancy...

Author: By Kevin E. Meyers, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Abercrombie To Fill Former Tasty Location | 12/15/1998 | See Source »

...true ska fashion, with their upbeat music, the members of Reel Big Fish make Why Do They Rock So Hardfun in spite of its dysfunctional lyrics. The music on the album is not radical for ska--many of the songs sound borderline generic at first, using ska rhythms and instrumentation in predictable ways. But the music is not bland. The melodies are lively and infectious, the band uses short drum, brass, and guitar features to good effect and, musically, the vocals are interesting and well performed. Songs such as "You Don't Know" and "The Set Up [You Need This...

Author: By Ruth A. Murray, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: MUSIC JAM | 11/20/1998 | See Source »

...generic situation: You meet a person in a somewhat random environment (in our case, the shuttle). You and said person have moderately interesting conversation for a finite duration of time (a shuttle ride, of in other cases, an airplane trip, walking from Dunster to the Science Center with a third person, etc.). You proceed to go on with the rest of your day, not stopping to think twice about the conversationalist. He (or she, as the case be) definitely does not forget you and proceeds to either initiate contact with you or your friends to find out more information about...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SAYING NO TO LOVE | 11/20/1998 | See Source »

...interesting interred in gum on the bottom of some kid's shoe (allowing unusual camera angles that will really excite the graphics techies.) These shots are "cool," but do make it seem like an Imax documentary on the "lives of an ant" has been artlessly spliced into a generic Disney "plebian saves princess" cartoon...

Author: By Carla A. Blackmar, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Diversity of Disney: Anxiety, Allen and Tale of Ants | 10/2/1998 | See Source »

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