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...intriguant, the greatest intriguant in the world - a man devoid of every moral principle - a bastard...." If Jefferson should win the election (as of course he did), the Connecticut Courant warned, "Murder, robbery, rape, adultery, and incest will all be openly taught and practiced..." Of course, the vicious campaign rumor that Jefferson had sired several children with his slave Sally Hemings turns out to be true...
University spokesperson Joe Wrinn declined to comment on the story or the search. But no doubt the rumor will not be the last of the wild guesses...
...rumor mill has been all atwitter, ajangle, alive with talk of a 13th house. Nevermind Dudley--they mean a real, flesh-and-blood extra house. Cooler heads have been trying to say no, but really, it's been 20 years since Mather went up and, frankly, it's high time that the College built itself a new undergraduate chateau to house its students, to frighten the locals, to drain the swamps, etc. Though actually maybe it won't be a 13th House because 13 has such bad juju and all, but maybe it would be best just to put together...
...incongruous 18th century Palladian windows. Scratch pads--obtained by The Crimson from Mass. Hall wastepaper baskets--are covered by doodles of the distinctive window formation, in which a half circle sits above two tall panes. The windshield of the presidential limo has been etched in the Palladian motif, and, rumor has it, Neil and wife Angelica Zander sport matching his-and-her Palladian tattoos on their forearms...
Rosenthal says his alleged homophobia is a fiction that has persisted as a rumor for decades. "It's a lie, it's been a lie, it's been a lie all along. It's been around for years and years," Rosenthal says. "My friends know it is not true...