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...Khazei addressed issues ranging from his political motivations to the war in Afghanistan, while maintaining a repoire with his audience. When speaking of his grassroots campaign style, he jokingly implored students to “skip some classes” in order to volunteer for his campaign. Accompanied by laughter, he augmented his statement by advising students not to “tell your parents or professors...

Author: By Andrew Z. Lorey, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Dem. Senate Candidate Speaks in Adams House | 11/9/2009 | See Source »

...every [one] who says no, there are 100 people who want to be on TV,” she said. “How many people really do have something to say?” she later asked, drawing laughter from the audience. Answering audience questions during the event about why the public continues to tolerate pundits, Parker said that people simply tend to look for affirmations of their beliefs in any speaker, making a nuanced critical response difficult. “People are awfully quick to absorb what they already think,” she said...

Author: By Jackson F. Cashion, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Columnist Bemoans Punditry | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

That acronym, by the way, stands for Harvard College Stand Up Comedy Society. The show is supposed to last less than hour, but they promise that “you’ll scream! With laughter...

Author: By Michelle L. Quach | Title: Halloween Happenings | 10/31/2009 | See Source »

Another improv show. Go, and maybe you’ll scream with more laughter...

Author: By Michelle L. Quach | Title: Halloween Happenings | 10/31/2009 | See Source »

...same fraternal dynamic rules the exchanges between the leading men and their director. During the interview, they were completely doubled over in laughter, ridiculing each other (“Your faggotry overwhelms me”) and trading inside-jokes (“Homoquizzical, you flaming homosensual”). Lighthearted if nonsensical banter predominated, as Flanery poked fun at Reedus, “I hear the Saints showed up and one of them wreaks havoc and the other one is a queer...

Author: By Sanders I. Bernstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Return of Boston's Patron 'Saints' | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

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