Word: gown
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...gown relations between the University of Texas and the city of Austin have plummeted to depths unheard of even in Cambridge...
Robot Redford, remotely controlled and made of fiber glass and aluminum, will march in the academic procession, but will not be dressed in gown and mortarboard. "We don't want to hoke it up," says Sara Gilbert, a spokesman for the college. The address will be delivered from the wings to the robot's speaker by its creator Bill Bakaleinikoff. Says he of his creation: "As soon as Robot gets ten minutes into his speech, they'll forget that he's a robot. Afterward they'll probably take him to the local malt shop...
...especially the nonselective ones, suffer from precarious economic states when they do not fill their quota of members. "The open clubs have the hardest time because they are susceptible to last minute "pull-outs," and get greater variance than the selective clubs," said Wister Wood, president of Cap and Gown, a co-ed selective club. At one point in CURL's development, the college extended an open invitation to the eating clubs to become financially supported by the university. "Essentially, they wanted to buy the clubs out, which would put them in power," said Wood. But the clubs spurned...
...sophomore year, be or she must decide where to eat as a junior. Students have the option of "going independent," as many minorities do, or joining one of the highly profiled Princeton eating clubs. Of the dozen or so clubs, only five remain selective--Ivy Club, Cap and Gown, Tiger Inn, Cottage and Tower--which one can join through the traditional "Bicker" process, similar to punching season for Harvard finals clubs. One can also join a nonselective "open" club through a lottery system and waiting list...
Cinderella trades in her evening gown for a lacrosse skirt this afternoon and goes on the biggest date of her life. And if she gets her final wish, she'll write a championship ending to her spring fairy tale...