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...Harvard Lampoon—Finally something newsworthy from the semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine...

Author: By Christopher B. Fuller, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Who stole the money from the PfoHo jar? | 3/5/2008 | See Source »

...surprisingly good game. Lebanon often ranks near the top of the Asian championships, lagging just behind the likes of China (population 1.3 billion). But even on court, the country's toxic brew of sectarianism and politics causes as much excitement as the athletes. All 12 of Lebanon's semi-professional basketball teams have some sort of religious or political affiliation. And despite the fact that fans from rival teams are segregated into stands on opposite sides of the court, fights break out so regularly that the government barred all spectators from league games for a few months last year. Even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: March Madness in Lebanon | 3/5/2008 | See Source »

...think that we were a little disappointed with the way that the semi-final [Marist game] went,” Snyder said. “It was a hard to get back into the mindset we needed to be able to play well...

Author: By Allen J. Padua, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Mixed Results Mark High-Scoring Weekend | 3/3/2008 | See Source »

...found here failed to engage him.“I wasn’t interested in the school, and it wasn’t interested in me,” he said.During his time in Cambridge the only truly engaging experience he had was with the Harvard Lampoon, a semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine. “It was the only truly engaging experience “It was the only thing I took away from Harvard,” he said. “The Lampoon...

Author: By Chris R. Kingston, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Finding Homer After Harvard | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

Will Ferrell, plus 70s sport shorts, plus an Afro, equals disaster: “Semi-Pro” falls flatter than a deflated basketball. In fact, on exiting the theatre, I was not sure if the title “Semi-Pro” referred to the amateur basketball team that Ferrell leads or the movie as a whole. It accurately describes both. “Semi-Pro” charts the fortunes of the Flint Tropics, the worst team in the American Basketball Association (ABA). Ferrell plays Jackie Moon, the player/coach/owner of the Tropics and former singer...

Author: By Betsy L. Mead, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Semi-Pro | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

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