Word: streaks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...seems, by all accounts, that students are quite eager to get naked. As Nat W. Bullard '00 puts it, "Running Primal Scream fills the role [of a third tradition] for some people." Roughly 50 percent of those asked also offered Primal Scream as a third ritual. "Everybody needs to streak," affirms Marc Stad...
Matt Drudge may have a good streak going at ferreting out the truth, although an arguably politically-motivated $30 million libel suit brought by Clinton aide Sidney Blumenthal against Drudge may suggest otherwise. But I remain unconvinced that Internet gossiping is any preparation for mass media stardom. If Drudge turns out to be a flash in the pan, or an unreliable reporter, look for a cultural backlash against the same Internet that nurtured his media dreams...
...years ago, after battling a barrage of injuries which left fewer than 10 players healthy, the Crimson went on a nine-game losing streak to end the regular season. Everyone expected them to fall in the quarterfinals, but that year the Crimson beat the odds, and only in the ECAC championship game were they finally ousted...
...People at this school read The Crimson. They know when we play," Lewis added, "but they don't show up. We were the only event scheduled last night, and they couldn't take an hour to come support our streak...
...rumored "one A per section" rule in some Core classes is a case in point. But this plan is not wise. It drives away serious students unwilling to sacrifice their pride and, possibly, their degree of future success to appease what appears to be a professor's mean streak...