Word: pits
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...nearest alternative drinking fountain. Does this extended sahel/desert metaphor mean that soon fitness geeks will gather around the MAC’s pool as wildebeest do around a watering hole on the Serengeti? We’ll tell you once that drinking fountain gets replaced.One: Pimp our pit-stops. Three words: toilet seat protectors. Widener Library has them. Lamont Library has them. House common bathrooms don’t. We realize this is an unfair comparison. But after wiping the seat down with the Purel by the card-swiper’s desk for the umpteenth time, we figured...
...separate praise and song requests.The crowd received a brutal version of “Budge.” As J laconically whined “We can crush at high speeds” and Murph wailed away at the drums, violent headbanging storm fronts spiraled around the first mosh pit of the night, under Lou’s watchful eyes.Dinosaur Jr. ended the show with the strongest, heaviest material they had, tearing through several “You’re Living All Over Me” tracks. The guitar and bass tag teamed the crowd through the volatile tempo...
...include all community members in the Charlesview decision deserves the unconditional support of the student body. Any expansion that fails to respect tenants’ rights, their voices, and their desires will not only demolish one of Allston’s last bastions of affordable housing, but will pit town against gown before the first brick of this campus-to-be is even laid...
...working at his highest levels. It's narratively clean, clear and perfectly punctuated by suspenseful and expertly staged action sequences. It's full of sympathetic (and in this case, anguished) characters, and it is, morally speaking, infinitely more complex than the action films it superficially resembles--pictures that simply pit terrorists against counterterrorists without an attempt to explore anyone's motives and their tragic implications...
...only fitting that it is fully complemented by musicians placed front and center. In fact, the orchestra is placed right in front of the audience. While their central position is perhaps more a function of the limitations of Agassiz Theatre than anything else (as there is no pit, it is difficult to put the musicians anywhere other than front and center without banishing them backstage), this placement imbues the viewing experience with the senses of a symphony concert as well as a play. Indeed, it is tempting at times to watch the musicians as much as the actors, and thus...