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...rampant problem, far more common than full-fledged eating disorders and far less understood or diagnosed. It is an unhealthy relationship with food, often characterized by an obsession with nutrition, constant dieting and perpetual dissatisfaction with body image. You’ve seen or have been victim to its various incarnations—obsessively going to the gym, binging at the dessert table, constantly strategizing about caloric intake, absurd one-fruit-an-hour diets, screensavers that say, “Diet or die,” Facebook notes that cry out for help, a sudden and inexplicable switch to veganism...

Author: By Rebecca A. Cooper, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Calories for the Harvard Soul | 2/27/2009 | See Source »

...Yeahs guitarist Nick Zinner. Telephone dial tones, the chanting voice of M.I.A. and a tribal drum beat transform Zinner’s guitar into an infectious rhythm. Spank Rock’s frenetic rhymes provide the verses to round out a solidly danceable hit. The clear cohesion between the various guest acts and the production of N.A.S.A., which works so well on “Gifted” and “Watchadoin?,” is exactly what is lacking on the less successful tracks. The project at times gets caught up in its own concept—picking...

Author: By Charleton A. Lamb, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: N.A.S.A. | 2/27/2009 | See Source »

...into their ears. The band’s failure to get inside is certainly not for lack of trying. The offer of numerous varieties of flowers certainly doesn’t work. By the end of the video the ground is littered with the torn up remains of various bouquets. That’s very sad, but look on the bright side: now they can make potpourri! Just as ineffective is their banging on the door. This isn’t just any banging; at one point the drummer actually gets his sticks out and hits them against the door...

Author: By Chris R. Kingston, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: POPSCREEN: Ra Ra Riot | 2/27/2009 | See Source »

...Harvard to engage in dialogue with executives at HEI Hotels and Resorts, which means making a phone call and talking to the HEI executives and finding out why there is a labor dispute,” Bowman said. For the protest, SLAM members collected the valentines by tabling at various dining halls and reaching out to several student organizations, including the Harvard College Democrats and Phillips Brooks House Association groups. SLAM members displayed the valentines on posters and presented them to President Drew G. Faust, who responded by promising to set up a meeting with Marc Goodheart...

Author: By Evan T. R. Rosenman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SLAM Stages Protest With Valentines | 2/27/2009 | See Source »

...psychedelic rock blazing in the background, the store’s shelf labels reveal a wide span of genres—including world, classical, and rock and noise. “The name is Weirdo for a very good reason,” Sawyer said. Following the demise of various record stores in Cambridge—including Harvard Square retailers HMV in 2003 and Tower Records in 2006—Weirdo’s entrance stands in contrast to the downward trend that has plagued music stores in past years. Duncan H. Browne, CEO of Newbury Comics, which...

Author: By Liyun Jin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘Weirdo Records’ Opens to Fanfare | 2/26/2009 | See Source »

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