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Dates: during 1990-1999
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"Great," Plants replies, and turns to a door that has just opened up across the hall. "Do you have a minute?"

Author: By Zachary R. Mider and Daniel P. Mosteller, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Profile of Plants-Wikler | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

This experience was a little jolting. After all, I spend a significant amount of time dreading my impending "adulthood," which entails getting a steady job and buying life insurance and wallpaper. As a sophomore I'm already contemplating which fellowships I could get so as to stave off being a...

Author: By Christina S. Lewis, | Title: Surprise: You're an Adult | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

"Being old" doesn't mean that you have to use crutches when you walk to the bathroom or that your idea of a fantastic time is bingo night at the community center. If you're old enough to dread growing up, odds are you already have. After all, Peter Pan...

Author: By Christina S. Lewis, | Title: Surprise: You're an Adult | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

J. M. Barrie, the author of Peter Pan, imagined that being a kid was a fun-filled time, with little responsibility or worry, where the only requirement was to enjoy yourself and to kill pirates and frolic with mermaids. If he were actually a kid, however, he would have realized...

Author: By Christina S. Lewis, | Title: Surprise: You're an Adult | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

B.C., not known for its size, stepped up its physical play beyond the normal parameters of rough hockey. It seemed that both teams had just called up the Hanson Brothers of the hockey classic "Slapshot" to fill their rosters.

Author: By Mike Volonnino, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: The 'V' Spot | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

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