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...days ago, a major international organization asked me for money--a sure sign that I am about to enter the real world. The solicitor was not some political action committee or prestigious foundation, however. To my mild surprise, it was none other than Mother Harvard herself, asking me for cash on what promised to be the first of many occasions...
...found that man bashing sells. Entrepreneurs have descended. Hallmark Cards' fast-selling line, Shoebox Greetings, traffics in whimsical male-dissing. Another company marketed a card that said, "Hear you're looking for a man who's your intellectual equal . . . Does the expression Fat Chance mean anything to you?" Mild enough, but still: Would the company have sold a card that said, "Hear you're looking for a black who is your intellectual equal . . . Fat Chance"? The booksellers' shelves are heavy with volumes of the Women-Who-Love-Men-Who-Hate-Women-Who-Are-Too-Good- for-the-Lousy -Jerks...
...sophomore Mike Gilmore, a generally mild-mannered person, seemed to metamorphose this weekend on the court. After engaging in some significant jawing with Yale's Dan Okwonko on Friday, he nearly came to blows with Brown's Brain Lloyd the next night...
...poptechniques and clean--lined New Wave guitar moves, have been circulating through the sunnier regions of England (if there are any) for about nine years. After sowing their whimsical tunes all over the English--speaking world and Belgium, the Dentists have finally reaped a major--label contract. To my mild and delighted surprise, their big label hasn't changed them a bit: they're still making small-scale pop gems on the scale of five or six to a record...
Ooooh--a Georgian (that would be me), a mild-mannered Bronx native (Dave Griffel) and a Kansan (our boss, Sean Wissman) take over production of the Crimson sports section today, a quality trifecta of the good, the bad and the ugly...