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...late 1990s shooting deaths of Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. demonstrated, the rap life can be a dangerous existence. But being a rapper in Gaza? Now that presents some unique hazards. At a concert by the Palestinian Rapperz (PR) last summer, Islamic youths, outraged by the group's arm thrusts and crotch grabs, rushed onstage and beat up its four members. Soon after, a Palestinian M.C. known as Sompol was also assailed for immorality. He was kidnapped midperformance and let go three hours later, after a warning at gunpoint to stop bringing un-Islamic Western behavior into Gaza...
...that he hasn't faltered, sometimes spectacularly. His MTV-infused version of Romeo and Juliet was intended to reach young patrons, but when it toured in the West in the summer of 2005, it bombed with audiences and critics alike. But for Ratmansky, failure is just the occasional price of trying new things. "I would do it again," he shrugs. "It was a breakthrough for the company. There were a lot of younger people in the audience. Tastes are different everywhere; something that was adored in Paris might be hated in London...
...Indian Summer No Longer Bundle up, take the Red line to Park Street, and go ice-skating on the Commons. You know you gotta do it once before you graduate. Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Frog Pond. Boston Common. $8 skate rental, $4 admission...
...First thing you notice about a girl: Her facebook profile. Your best pick-up line: Let’s get out of here lady, this place is clown town. Best or worst lie you’ve ever told: In middle school, some friends and I made up this summer camp—Camp Pampernickel—and convinced one kid it was real. “Hey, when are your parents going to sign you up for Camp Pampernickel?” we kept asking him. “It’s going to be the best summer...
...notch House master. In her two years as deputy dean of Harvard College, O’Brien’s was among the loudest voices for improving student life in University Hall. Although her tenure at Harvard was brief—O’Brien was reportedly fired last summer largely due to internal politics—she made changes in student life at Harvard that will last for generations...