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Miss Baker was the kind of English teacher who had cats. Lots of them. While she had her friendly moments, which included treating her students to stale, generic-brand candy leftover from Halloweens past, she was the kind of teacher who got some kind of pleasure from pouring salt in the hormonal wounds of her pubescent students.I fell victim to her sick game when I boldly disagreed with her evaluation of Scout in “To Kill a Mockingbird...

Author: By Julia M. Spiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: I Can See Clearly Now | 11/12/2009 | See Source »

...disc boasts an impressive and well-arranged combination of bluesy and frenzied songs, and Wolfmother can remain booming at full blast without growing stale. Six-minute epic “In the Castle” contains interspersed fast and slow tempos and a very classic rock feel. Starting off with nearly 40 seconds of silence, the track begins with slow, calm, and collected vocals. This is quickly joined by powerful half-note guitar chords and a guitar lick that leads into a faster tempo and repeat of the verse. With lead singer Stockdale’s passionate wail...

Author: By Alex C. Nunnelly, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Wolfmother | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

Heads up, aspiring t-shirt designers—if you've ever thought the official Harvard/Yale shirts have trended a little stale or more than a little staid, here's a chance to spice things up. Harvard sex magazine HBOMB will hold its first official Harvard/Yale t-shirt contest this year, calling for "sexy, classy, smutty and—most of all—witty t-shirt designs" that "reflect HBOMB's vision...

Author: By Athena Y. Jiang | Title: H-Bomb Wants You (Clothed, This Time) | 10/26/2009 | See Source »

Heads up, aspiring t-shirt designers—if you've ever thought the official Harvard/Yale shirts have trended a little stale or more than a little staid, here's a chance to spice things up. Harvard sex magazine HBOMB will hold its first official Harvard/Yale t-shirt contest this year, calling for "sexy, classy, smutty and—most of all—witty t-shirt designs" that "reflect HBOMB's vision...

Author: By Athena Y. Jiang | Title: H-Bomb Wants You (Clothed, This Time) | 10/25/2009 | See Source »

...decade ago. One reason sitcoms guttered out after Seinfeld may have been their predictability: too many people sitting on couches, peeling off one-liners. Seinfeld was the apotheosis of this kind of comedy, but like Raymond Carver, it inspired numerous lesser imitators that made the same approach seem stale and empty. It takes real genius to pull off a show about nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Laugh Track Required: The Comeback of the Sitcom | 10/12/2009 | See Source »

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