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Which is why the Spoken Word Society’s Talking Roots event on Friday night was such an enormous pleasure. Despite low-key advertising—basically word of mouth and a cool dreadlocked email that went out over a few lists—Kirkland JCR was more or less packed with people just chilling; greeting each other with hugs and jokes; reassuring each other that the long week was over and that the weekend would be good. No alcohol to be seen, just a table of sweet goodies, cookies and cake and such. Some disclosure: I was tabling...
...states McGrath. For a night on the town, students usually opt to get out of town. Of the 550 undergraduates, most choose to either party with friends at colleges in Boston, or to spend their weekends at home. For the minority who do stay on campus, Saturday nights remain low-key. “It’s always quiet when you need quiet,” says Jackie O’Neill, who is starting her first year at Lesley. “You can always go out and find something, but it’s not always worth...
DIED. MIKE MANSFIELD, 98, low-key but resolute Montana Democrat and longtime Senate majority leader; in Washington. A high school dropout and "mucker" of mines in Butte, Mansfield got his college degree at the urging of his wife Maureen and went on to a five-decade political career, including 24 years in the U.S. Senate. He changed that institution, encouraging everyone, especially junior Senators, to speak out. At the end of World War II, as a junior Congressman, he advised Truman to allow Japan to keep its Emperor when the country surrendered. At his retirement from the Senate, he served...
...been willing to hold the rally—slated to feature speakers and the student band Invisible Downtown—outside the Yard, by the Science Center, Littauer Hall or even at Holyoke Center. Group members also question why the administration would unequivocally ban what PSLM characterizes as a low-key event...
...Pakistan would suffer harsh consequences. If he agreed, there would be enormous trouble at home; many Pakistanis believe bin Laden is not a terrorist but a true warrior of the Islamic faith who must be shielded from the U.S. at all costs. Friends say that Musharraf, 58, a low-key soldier with a neatly clipped mustache and tolerant views, was aghast at the suicide attacks. He did not hesitate. "I'll face tremendous difficulties, but I'll support you," he told Bush...