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...West, water polo draws crowds. The stands are usually awash with people, screaming at the ref, pointing out bad calls, egging on the players. But when senior Jen Gahan, former player at the U.S. Nationals in California, dreams of water polo, there is only silence. She has to stay focused, the former Crimson captain says, and whatever sounds reverberate have become just background noise...
...council voted to redo the ref- erendum next week on two of the five originalissues. The council also decided that thereferendum will be binding if more than half thestudent body votes...
...imagine a basketball player turning to the ref and saying: "I'm sorry, I just can't concentrate on these free throws with all that yelling in the stands. Could you ask that deranged man in the crowd who's yelling obscenities about my family that I just don't appreciate...
...stick at referee Kerry Fraser from the penalty box to display his disgust at one of Fraser's calls. Then, after Fraser ejected him, he charged out of the penalty box and had to be restrained by a couple of his Penguin teammates, although he still blasted the ref...
Among the many loaded and profound messages conveyed, I did find one little gem of advice in "The Ref" particularly moving. Says Gus-robber-man to Jesse-delinquent-suburban-spawn, "kid, you may think running around stealing stuff is fun, but it really sucks." I think that Ted Demme is trying to reach the youth of America in this movie. He really wants to say, "Hey, kids. I know stealing stuff may be fun, but it really sucks...