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...arena sports in the wizard world, Quidditch is by far the most important. An integral part of wizardry culture, the game—for all you muggles out there—consists of three Chasers that score points by passing the Quaffle ball, one Keeper that acts as a goalie, two Beaters that protect their team from their opponent’s Bludger balls and most importantly, a Seeker, who pursues the Golden Snitch. A tiny golden orb that flies at breakneck speed, the winged snitch is the center of any Quidditch match, for after it is captured, the game...

Author: By Michelle Kung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Do You Believe in Magic? | 11/16/2001 | See Source »

Director Chris Columbus’ latest child-centered opus brings the first installment of Scottish author J.K. Rowlings’ multiple part book series to vivid and fantastic life. The series tells the story of Harry Potter, a young wizard who spends the first 11 years of his life trapped under a cupboard by his muggle, or non-wizard, relatives before discovering that he is actually a wizard, and has been invited to study witchcraft at Hogwart’s School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. With his trusted pals Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, he discovers a new world...

Author: By Michelle Kung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Do You Believe in Magic? | 11/16/2001 | See Source »

Listen up, WB execs: It’s too late. The little wizard is already over-commercialized. Once directors and screenwriters and actors have lifted him from the books and projected him onto the glamor and glitz of the silver screen, no one will ever be able to separate Harry Potter from Daniel Radcliffe, and vice versa. Why ruin the imagination that Rowling seems to advocate so strongly? Once the movie studio makes a $120-million dollar blockbuster from an insanely popular children’s book, it has provided the public with enough franchise fodder to last another...

Author: By Tiffany I. Hsieh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Thoughts of an Anti-Potter | 11/16/2001 | See Source »

...scar, a souvenir from his infancy, when he had his first run-in with the evil Lord Voldemort, who killed his parents. Editions of the books all over the world showed the scar in various places, so the director went to the source. "I drew a face with a wizard hat, and I had her draw in the scar," says Columbus. She described it as "razor sharp" and drew it vertically down the right side of Harry's forehead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The First Look At Harry | 11/5/2001 | See Source »

...WIZARD Programs that extract, analyze and decode information stored on computers and personal digital assistants, like Palm Pilots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pentagon's Wish List | 11/5/2001 | See Source »

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