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...means a one-sided tale. We, the athletes, are equally to blame for the “dumb jock” phenomenon. I have witnessed more than a handful of athletes all too ready to adopt the persona. Sadly, we are an introverted community and do not commit ourselves completely to dispelling the stereotype. The “dumb jock” persona is easy to adopt—it gives the illusion of identity and those outside the athletic community will grant it to you willingly. But in the end the “dumb jock” graduates...
Though institutes for advanced study and other fellowship programs are becoming an increasingly common phenomenon, gaining a spot in one of the programs remains a coveted honor...
...might think Carrabba is a rock star. He's not. He's an emo star. Emo--short for emotional--has been around since the mid-'80s but is only now developing into a broad cultural phenomenon. Major labels are scurrying to land emo talent, just as they once pillaged Seattle for grunge. Emo is heavier music for heavier times, and it's starting to sell too. According to Nielsen SoundScan, Carrabba has moved 175,000 copies of his album The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most--a phenomenal number for an independent release--and in April MTV taped...
...understandable that Chinese leaders might be a bit wary of massive, uncontrolled mobs of young people. A phenomenon called the Red Guards will do that to you. Maybe that's the real reason why jittery authorities canceled two recent mainland concerts by the mega-popular boy band F4, a quartet of very pretty Taiwanese lads. Their bubblegum music notwithstanding, recent F4 appearances in China have resembled early Beatles films, with out-of-control crowds and packs of swooning teenage girls. The final straw came at a planned concert at a Shanghai mall, when 10,000 fans-10 times the number...
...used to find each other at Fenway Park and commiserate about the Red Sox,” Lewis said. “While I loved many of his Natural History essays, my personal favorite of his writings was about the disappearance of the .400 hitter—a phenomenon he successfully argued had resulted from the general improvement in the quality of the game of baseball...