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...shirts with lewd and/or violent images all over them. One t-shirt depicts the Yale bulldog kneeling in front of John Harvard, his face at level with our mascot’s crotch. Another portrays John Harvard straddling a bottle of vodka. Dartboard can just imagine the devout Puritan turning in his grave...

Author: By Loui Itoh, | Title: Dartboard | 11/21/2003 | See Source »

...maybe John Harvard and the rest of the Puritan gang didn’t foresee the fact that we would all be happier if we lived in a crime-ridden, poverty-stricken town instead of a picturesque movie-set on the banks of the Charles. So if we take Yale as a model, perhaps the UC should spend a little less energy screening Finding Nemo and more time scouring the real estate listings for a stately mansion perfect for the kind of “dirty, big room parties” Harvard can only dream about...

Author: By William L. Adams, Brian Feinstein, Adam P. Schneider, A. HAVEN Thompson, and Scoop A. Wasserstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: The Cult of Yale | 11/20/2003 | See Source »

...moment, Dubowski felt it was too heated of a time to really confront the question for himself, and that “the puritan wasteland of Boston” wasn’t the ideal place to do so. So he spent time in San Francisco, whose spirited gay population he found much more supportive. After college, Dubowski moved back home to New York...

Author: By Jayme J. Herschkopf, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘Trembling’ Director Confesses at HFA | 11/7/2003 | See Source »

Because we're living in an economy only a Puritan could love. When profits began falling, out went lavish holiday parties. Company retreats retreated from Cancun to the conference room. "If, say, on Friday, you announce layoffs and no raises, but hey, next week I'm taking everyone to Hawaii--no, that you can't do," says Bob Moog, founder and CEO of University Games in San Francisco, which has bucked the trend by not emptying the employee goody bag. Economists marvel at the productivity of this new new economy. The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced in August that output...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Managing: Profiting From Fun | 10/13/2003 | See Source »

...Puritan: A pious gentleman, who believed in letting all people do as he liked...

Author: By Joe Flood, | Title: The Smoke-Free Path to Hell | 10/2/2003 | See Source »

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