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Internet Sites An online phenomenon, the show has spawned more than a dozen fan blogs in which viewers trade clues, post theories and argue over plot points. ABC's site features podcasts, video clips and, of course, lots of Lost merchandise...
...Advocates for the return of Facebook to college-only exclusivity.” The two groups have a combined membership of over 30 students. “The more integration goes on,” Mumma wrote, “the more Facebook becomes some kind of creepy...phenomenon.” —Staff writer Jillian M. Bunting can be reached at jbunting@fas.harvard.edu...
...Smashing,” in this case, doesn’t refer to drinking games or car windows; it’s their code for playing the cartoonish Nintendo 64 multiplayer fighting classic “Super Smash Brothers.” It’s become a phenomenon in Weld Hall—they estimate that some 24 other students “smash” with them regularly and claim they play the game for at least two hours per day, sometimes going until 4 a.m.In the Harvard community, it seems, such behavior is increasingly seen...
...Monologues” was first performed off-Broadway in 1996 and chronicles the thematically similar, but distinct, stories of the more than 200 women who Ensler interviewed. Since its inception, the play has become a cultural phenomenon, tied to raising awareness of violence against women. Proceeds from this production went to V-Day 2006 Spotlight Global Campaign on Comfort Women, the Network/La Red, the Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violent for victims of Hurricane Katrina, and El Amel Centers in Sudan...
...left with an impression more than a conclusion: stuttering is more than a speech condition—it is a complex phenomenon that influences culture in ways Shell has only begun to elucidate...