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...Harvard’s competitors felt right at home among the country’s best, as No. 4 O’Connor (157 lbs.) and Jantzen (141) earned third and fifth seeds respectively, while Caputo (184) garnered the top spot in his weight class.All three grapplers dazzled high-quality opponents, breezing through to the semifinals, but Jantzen’s run to victory put the wrestling world on notice. Returning from a nagging leg injury, the sophomore proved that he is as strong as ever, dispatching 11th seed Tyler Nauman of Pittsburg 10-5 in the championship.Jantzen earned four...
...Both movements suffered from the perception of having valued nostalgia over relevancy, or even quality. When Strokes lead singer Julian Casablancas sang, “I’ve got nothing to say, I’ve got nothing to say,” everyone believed him. For the third time round in the last decade or so, people have wised up. There is a group of artists, on both sides of the Atlantic, who seem averse to nostalgia. One hub of activity is New York based label DFA Records, founded by Tim Goldsworthy and LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy...
The name Guns N’ Roses is a hex, a curse; synonymous with dysfunction, collapse, and eternal damnation—the Voldemort of the rock world. The group has never made an album better than their 1987 debut “Appetite for Destruction”?...
...secret that the band was trying to be different. An amalgamation of frontman Brandon Flowers’s flamboyant personality, his flashy wardrobe, and the influence of bands like the Cure and Duran Duran set the group apart from contemporaries who opted more toward revival than integration. With their third studio album, “Day & Age,” the Killers once again try to push the boundaries of mainstream music by stretching beyond their already idiosyncratic repertoire of sound. But for a band that’s no stranger to mainstream success and has sold more than...
...said. The early-season meets will provide ample opportunity for the rookies to make their marks in their respective events. One such newcomer, Nico Weiler, will help bolster the men’s vault, which last year only had two competitors. The Stuttgart, Germany native was the under-18 World Champion in the pole vault in 2006 and was named to the All-USA team by USA Today this year. “Nico is ridiculous,” Chenoweth said. And with the graduation of captain Brian Holmquest, freshmen like Ryan Neely are already fit to fill in. Neely...