Word: roomed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Nancy A. Redd '03 is looking around the Quincy House Junior Common Room at her fellow BSA members, some of whom are shocked at her first-round decision to eliminate all basketball-lovers. Her choice leaves one man standing: chess champion Shearwood "Woody" McClelland '00. The crowd laughs. Some hoot, "Woody!" The two hug, and the audience gives voice to a collective, "Awwww...
...smoking, not surprising for the followers of a band known for its recreational use of Scotchguard. There were also a surprising number of 30- and 40-somethings, most of who were singing along with the college-age masses. The enthusiastic audience filled the normally calm theater to cramped standing room, inspiring the band to attempt their P-Funk-parodic magnum opus. "Okay, this hasn't worked for the last six nights," Gene told the crowd, "But if we all concentrate really hard I bet we can get the Poop Ship to descend on Butt-F**k, Mass., or wherever...
...audience member asked the panel to address the Freshman Dean's Office policy on allowing students who don't want to room with homosexuals to switch rooms. Orfield responded, suggesting a difference between a sexual orientation "preference" and an "imposition" on a roommate by acting on a sexual orientation preference...
...Everyone was itching to get their hands on Hannibal, Thomas Harris' sequel to the Silence of the Lambs, before it actually hit bookstores. Publishers wanted to see how much they should demand for the movie rights. Agents wanted to see whether the sequel might have room for new characters. Directors wanted their name attached to the project, producers wanted to finance it, etc., etc. But after a prolonged, tortuous attempt to translate Hannibal into a viable screenplay, Jodie Foster has officially refused to reprise her role as Clarice Starling. Anthony Hopkins, meanwhile, is still all for one more meal...
Beliefs Not Justification for First-Year Room Change...