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...entire season, the Harvard's women's hockey team has twinged under an unfair media label of being a "rebuilding" team with little expected of them...
Tonight, the Crimson has the chance to shake off that label as they take on the Northeastern Huskies in the Beanpot final...
...less important, an upset victory against Northeastern might finally allow the Crimson to shake the "rebuilding" label from their backs...
...York). She studied theater at Louisiana's Grambling State University but, after deciding that "a degree is a piece of paper," left to pursue a music career. Kedar Massenburg, a 32-year-old record-company executive, heard Badu's demo tape and offered to sign her to his fledgling label, Kedar Entertainment. Says Badu: "I had several offers, but I went with him because he was young, black, very smart, and he had a vision. None of the other labels had a vision. I was afraid I'd get lost in the shuffle of a bigger label...
Building buzz for an unknown singer on a little-known label is no easy task. Massenburg started by distributing 10,000 sampler cassettes featuring Badu to nearly everyone attending last year's Soul Train Music Awards; he also sent 2,500 vinyl copies of On & On to radio stations and clubs. The producer continued his campaign by persuading D'Angelo, the critically lauded neo-soul singer he had once managed, to join Badu in a remake of the Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell duet Your Precious Love for the sound track of the movie High School High. Then, a few weeks...