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...events of the last year to realize that students are fundamentally different even 30 years after the takeovers of 1969. The problem comes when worldly is forced to mean all of these things simultaneously, stretching the definition, and exceeding the evidence that says that a new institutional culture on par with the culture of meritocracy has emerged...
...second game featured seven lead changes and was dead-locked all the way through. Both teams struggled to post kills, with Harvard hitting a sub-par .105 and the Stags a mediocre .217. With Fairfield leading 29-28, Ogbechie came up with a monster block, one of four on the afternoon, to tie the game. But the Stags scored two consecutive points to take the game and a 2-0 lead with...
...reason to get too worked up about yesterday’s defeat. It was a non-conference game. It was a Wednesday afternoon game following a several-day layoff. Harvard’s 1-2 start thus far, beating Vermont, and losing to UConn and New Hampshire, is on par with last season. Beating UConn was not the primary goal of the Crimson’s season...
...into its burlesque of drums and distorted guitar. Cannier still is the band's use of costumes at a time when metal is dominated by average dudes in sweatshirts. The band's macabre looks, like its hyperbolic lyrics, suggest the teenage alienation it sings about is a horror on par with the evils depicted in slasher pics--which is how teenagers see it too. Like it or not, Slipknot isn't likely to slip away...
...hasn't happened to me for weeks. That's because I installed a preview version of Microsoft's new operating system, Windows XP, almost two months ago. And Ol' Sparky rarely seizes up now. Before XP, my computer tended to crash about three times a day, which is probably par for most hard-core users of Windows 95, 98 and ME. Most PCs crash as frequently as bumper cars. If Windows XP did nothing more than increase stability, I'd gladly pony up my $99 for an upgrade when it arrives in retail stores Oct. 25. Bad news...