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...made it [that far] based on reputation, and that my roommate [Theodore E. Chestnut ’06] was judging,” McGinn says. But the coordination which had characterized the earlier Jazzercise-style performance was lost when they tried out some new material. Both say that a spin of some sort was involved in this new move, but “instead of spinning me around,” Jobson says of McGinn, “he knocked me over.” The roller-fracas intensified when McGinn also lost his balance, and fell...
They call themselves the Patriot Guard Riders, and in a culture in which a 24-hour news cycle and habitual political spin can make the most earnest public gesture seem tired or canned, they appear to be the real thing: a spontaneous mass movement. They formed as a response to the Rev. Fred Phelps, an attention-crazed fanatic based in Topeka, Kans., who has logged 15 years as a kind of paleo-fundamentalist, gay-baiting performance artist. Last spring Phelps grabbed the already troubling line, taken by preachers such as Pat Robertson, that disasters like 9/11 were God's punishment...
...goal of the game when she earned a free position shot in a struggle for a ground ball. Martin passed up on the shot and found junior Margaret Yellott on the outside. Freshman Sarah Bancroft, cutting into an open lane, took the pass from Yellott and, with a quick spin, found the net to put Harvard on the board. Brown senior Kate Staley provided the tying score to even things up early on, but Harvard would continue its dominant play. The Crimson sank three unanswered goals to gain a quick advantage. Junior Perry Barlow led the Harvard offense, posting...
...matter how the Dems try to spin it, Mollohan's fall may have come just in time for Republicans. Congress is bracing for the possibility of another round of Abramoff-related news. Bob Ney, Republican of Ohio and his former Chief of Staff Neil Volz both signed waivers last fall extending for six months the statute of limitations on any potential crimes relating to Abramoff; that deadline comes this weekend, and there is much speculation among those who follow the corruption scandal that the first Abramoff-related indictment of a sitting Congressman may be around the corner. And everyone...
...Choreographed and performed by Learning from Performers’ visiting artist Rachel A. Cohen ’95, the last number of Act I used props in such a way as to depart from any previously identified form of dance performance.Cohen forced a new spin on the mundane with her study of movement with household objects like robes and flowerpots. Cohen’s unabashed eccentricity speaks to her professionalism (as no current student piece was as daring), as did her acrobatic skill and stage presence.The second act’s presentation of celebrated works built-up audience anticipation through...