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Reinventing R.E.M. I enjoyed Josh Tyrangiel's recent article about R.E.M., and I generally agreed with his assessment of the band's last three albums before Accelerate [April 7]. However, I completely disagree with the chart that deems Monster below respectable. Following Automatic for the People, R.E.M. ran the risk of falling into a rut. After two similar-sounding albums, what would its members do next? Their willingness to completely change their sound from mandolins to gutsy electric guitar helped establish R.E.M. as a group not afraid to challenge expectations. It is good to see in their new album that...
...basic baseball knowledge that a ball off the wall should give the batter an extra-base hit, however, the wall that Stoeckel hit in left was no basic wall—it was the Green Monster in Boston’s historic Fenway Park...
...Stoeckel’s liner thudded off the Monster right back to the left fielder, who heaved it to second base. The senior quickly shuffled back to first and realized that he had been a part of one the intricacies of the nation’s oldest Major League stadium...
...safe place for us to study, learn, and experiment—day in, day out. And yet… What evils have we been turning blind eyes to? What goes on in those murky basement areas, outside the supervision of Man? Like Frankenstein’s monster, the Science Center has risen up against us, forsaking its makers, leaving us betrayed and vulnerable. The spill occurred, according to Dean Smith, in an area that is not used by students, faculty, or staff. An uninhabited area. But how could there be? Is there such a place—completely untouched...
...hurlers will face a formidable challenge against a hard-hitting Yale lineup, led by the power and speed combination of catcher Ryan Lavarnaway and outfielder Josh Cox. Lavarnaway, a feared slugger since he first stepped up to the plate in the Ivy League, is having a monster season for the Bulldogs, having crushed 13 long balls and driven in 38 runs, totals which easily pace the Ancient Eight.“We’d like to not let him beat us,” Walsh said. “He’s the most dangerous hitter...