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...really want to talk to. He interned with Will Shortz a few summers ago. I liked the theme of one of his puzzles. It was “Not ‘ie’ but ‘e’” so he took words with “ie” in them and replaced that with “e.” For example, Kansas City Chiefs became Kansas City Chefs.RR: Very punny.Nathaniel S. Rakich ’10, Treasurer of Harvard College Crossword Society Roving Reporter (RR): What’s your...

Author: By Logan R. Ury, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Roving Reporter: Crossword Puzzle Tournament | 4/8/2009 | See Source »

...word “routine” is a red flag in any long-term commitment. It comes with connotations of habit, boredom, and monotony. So over their 38-show run for this year’s musical “Acropolis Now,” members of Hasty Pudding Theatricals were challenged to keep up the energy night after night. It takes creativity, but when you’re into drag, role-play, and four-inch-heel knee-high pink pleather boots, you definitely have an edge...

Author: By Guillian H. Helm, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Spicing up the Pudding | 4/8/2009 | See Source »

Sorry Is the Hardest Word...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 4/7/2009 | See Source »

...word summed up the mindset of those in the American environmental movement, it could be “stop.” They advocate a stop to polluting, a stop to driving, a stop to eating meat, a stop to buying large cars, and a stop to using fossil fuels—in short, a stop to doing everything that American culture demands. They call for a stop through laws or technological standards with little explanation of why it is necessary to stop this behavior...

Author: By A. patrick Behrer | Title: A Different Shade of Green | 4/7/2009 | See Source »

Because some of you may have other things to do than read such stimulating blocks of text, Flyby has parsed all 686 words of wisdom and translated what Mike and Evelynn actually mean by, say, [insert any one of the convoluted 39-word sentences peppered with double-speak]. Translation after the jump...

Author: By June Q. Wu | Title: January Experience No More? | 4/7/2009 | See Source »

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