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...slate elected in club elections last February. But when the HRC's membership list is inspected and a great number of members are found to be roommates, girlfriends, boyfriends and otherwise politically apathetic members, one has to wonder whether or not the HRC's elections were conducted in an upright manner. Moreover, when some of these roommates and dormmates are reputed to have claimed to have only paid half of club dues in order to vote, the integrity of the entire club is called into question...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HRC Distorts Truth and Image | 6/6/1995 | See Source »

Soul Coughing consists of M. Doughty as singer and occasional guitarist, Sebastion Steinberg on upright basses, M'ark De Gli Antoni handling the keyboards and samples, and Yuval Gabay on drums. Their music is a blend of very danceable bass and keyboard sounds and samples with surreal, beat-like vocals by Doughty. On the tune, "Sugar Free Jazz," for instance, "They normalize the signals and you're banging on freon,/Paleolithic eons, put the fake goatee on/and it booms as cool as, sugarfree jazz...

Author: By Ryan S. Mccarthy, | Title: 'Coughing' Up a Hip Storm | 4/27/1995 | See Source »

Because one senior drank underage she caused the serious injury of a house painter. On a school trip to Montreal in the eighth grade, this woman-who appears so upright and moral now-drank one sip of beer. She was immediately suspended from school. While she was home for three days, she decided, instead of seriously contemplating her transgression, to sunbathe. One of the men who was painting her house at the time noticed and fell from a ladder, breaking his leg. At least she feels bad about...

Author: By Theodore K. Gidseone, | Title: Groovy Train | 4/27/1995 | See Source »

...bright, China-blue eyes. His manners were polite and distant. He wasn't engaged in some Gauguin-based fantasy. He was simply living the way that suited him best, free from attachment. The locals thought he was a bum, a castaway, but his talent made him a queer and upright old aristocrat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PECULIAR BUT GRAND | 4/17/1995 | See Source »

What he's doing now:I'm just trying to do a little bit of everything, to take some African and Flamenco dance lessons and some upright bass lessons...

Author: By Michelle C. Sullivan, | Title: profile No More Homework Talk | 2/9/1995 | See Source »

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