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...modern Hipster has no set definition, consistent with its legitimacy as an active cultural trend. The one near-universal symptom of Hipsterdom is the scorn with which it is treated by those most associated with it—be they the NYU-educated bakers and bike-messengers of Brooklyn (non-locals), or the documentarians of the scene itself, bloggers, journalists, musicians, and other productive agents. The refusal to self-identify is almost as crucial a feature as this: The singular societal entity that does not loath the Hipster as a manifestation of narcissistic pretention is the multi-national corporation...
Tharp confesses she's never seen either show--she hasn't got a TV set, she says, and doesn't "know squat about ballroom dancing"--but cheers the trend. "It's great. I'm all in favor of it." And why not? Tharp has spent most of her career striving to expand dance's vocabulary and audience. "People often say to me, 'I don't know anything about dance.' I say, 'Stop. You got up this morning, and you're walking. You are an expert.' I'm very, very interested in how people who come to my shows with...
...Harvard softball team (6-14) was once again victim of the “illegal pitch controversy,” a trend that started this year following criticism of illegal pitching mechanics demonstrated by pitchers around the nation. But despite the confusion surrounding the newly-enforced rule, the Crimson was able to pull out two wins at Fairfield University (11-13) yesterday after failing to come back from behind at Quinnipiac (11-14) on Saturday...
...It’s been a challenge to pick up the slack,” said Helen Lewis, a staff assistant in the linguistics department, noting that employee streamlining has been a trend across the nation. “Of course that causes a lot of stress...
American fashion designer and Project Runway host Michael Kors also commented on the trend of using young models for runway shows...