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...England, 'wicked' has resurfaced as an intensifier or term of approval, which for someone my age is really weird," she told listeners last month. "'Sketchy,' when applied to a new acquaintance, is definitely not a compliment--though what it is is not clear to me. My students tell me on the DL, or 'down low,' that I'm really random. Whatever...

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan and Adam A. Sofen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: With Wit and Wisdom, Dunn Becomes Dean | 10/1/1999 | See Source »

...thinking about last year when I fumbled," Menick said. "It was weird, but I remembered coming back. I just tried to forget...

Author: By Bryan Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BLee-ve It! | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

...study guitar, and then fly back for his weekend drawing classes. He knows all kinds of things now, such as what time of the day the supermarket is least crowded. And ever since reading a tome called Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television, he's got a little weird about progress. He doesn't use the Internet or watch TV, and he bikes and walks to most places. He has renounced most technology, except for some wings with speakers attached to them that he built for this year's countercultural Burning Man festival...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Early Retiree: Take the Money and...? | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

...weird seeing people who look my sister's age," says Lanson, whose sister is a first-year in college. "There was a Dins show recently and a guy stood up and said, 'I was born in 1980.' He was roundly booed...

Author: By Adam A. Sofen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Songs of Innocence: Cultural Memories that First-years Just Can't Remember | 9/24/1999 | See Source »

...pettiness and prejudice rampant in each annual new member selection meeting. I remember being pressured to give good evaluations to the sister of one Key executive and the best friend of another. Finally, I recall the pillorying of fellow members who were talented yet somehow different and, therefore, weird...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 9/22/1999 | See Source »

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