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Harvard isn’t usually synonymous with rockin’ out—but the College is hoping a rock musician will help liven up its social scene next academic year...

Author: By Doris A. Hernandez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rocker Drake To Be New Fun Czar | 4/14/2006 | See Source »

After graduation and a summer touring with his rock band, Blanks., John T. Drake ’06 will return to Harvard Yard as the College’s Campus Life Fellow during the 2006-2007 academic year, the Office of Activities announced yesterday...

Author: By Doris A. Hernandez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rocker Drake To Be New Fun Czar | 4/14/2006 | See Source »

With a few of his fellow FAP participants, Drake formed Blanks., a rock band. Eight days after getting together, the group performed Prince’s “When Doves Cry” at the freshman talent show. Drake remains the band’s drummer and manager...

Author: By Doris A. Hernandez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rocker Drake To Be New Fun Czar | 4/14/2006 | See Source »

...grief. There were two dramatic diversions from the normal order of things. First, Elton John sang Candle in the Wind, a song he had originally written to celebrate Marilyn Monroe, with the lyrics revised to honor his friend Diana. A number of people had questioned the propriety of a rock star's performing in Westminster Abbey. But when John, accompanying himself on the piano, began singing the words "Goodbye, England's rose," guests inside the abbey seemed caught up in music and message. Prince Harry, who like his brother had kept his composure while walking behind their mother's casket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FAREWELL, DIANA | 4/14/2006 | See Source »

...while the style of campus comedy may be similar to those role models (and yes, that means a lavish use of profanity), its subject matter tends to be considerably less angry and less political than, say, Rock's or South Park's. Instead, student stand-ups prefer to riff on more personal themes like their obsession with pop culture (from Brown's Dustin Foley: "You know who I think is having an affair? Waldo and Carmen San Diego. Has anyone seen either of them lately?") or their dating habits (from Kenyon College's Rubin Miller: "Girls always say they want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hear the One About the Boring English Teacher? | 4/13/2006 | See Source »

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