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...together people can be spotted by the trails they leave (handkerchiefs, pencils, etc.), the hair that goes every which way, the mismatched socks. I have long since given up on having any sort of coherent appearance, and have blotted my perpetually messy hair and red nose out of my mind. Those around me get used to it eventually, but then, they've accepted that I am the embodiment of entropy. My usual costume of leggings, tennis shoes and large overshirt/sweater is not only easy to put on (I'm always running late, remember?) but is also not supposed to look...
Sophomore Julia E. Starkey attributes to etiquette certain habits which may seem superstitious. As Starkey points out, not saying "God bless you" to someone who sneezes is rude, "even if you know in your rational little mind" that you are not" allowing demons to go into her nose...
Many college superstitions involve campusarchitecture. At the University of Maryland,students rub the nose of one statue for luck onexams. This month's edition of RollingStone magazine documents campus myths aboutstudent virginity and statue animation. Accordingto University of Michigan lore, a particularstatue on campus will stand up if a virgin passesit...
This agreeable conflict between healthy sexuality and its not-too-for-bidding opponents occupies the first hour of the film, occasioning some fetchingly naive comments like Benny's description of sex: "It would be like someone was putting his finger up your nose." Jack, too has demons to overcome; a medical student by his father's command, he faints at the sight of blood (yes, really...
...campaign really in Boston. I got there half an hour early but discovered that you have to arrive at least two hours early to these things to even hope to get a spot on the photo platform. I managed to get a fuzzy image of his nose through a pane glass window...