Word: dartboard
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Dartboard are dismayed by the dangerous construction projects under way in the Square. Next door to Grendel's Den, an enormous crane is being used to relocate a historic building in the way of a new commercial development. The crane looms high above the horizon, threatening to topple at any moment, sending hundreds of pedestrians fleeing for their lives (and seriously disrupting the flow of traffic...
Even more distressing is the construction in front of the Cambridge Savings Bank. Scaffolding has intruded onto the sidewalk, blocking any means of avoiding the Pit when crossing from Out of Town News to the Coop. We at Dartboard have long lived in fear of the maladjusted teenagers from Newton who, adorned in leather and spikes, make the Pit their home. Our recent screening of John Carpenter's new film "Vampire" make the prospect of descending into that den of iniquity all the more harrowing...
Poor, poor Red Sox fans. We at Dartboard were saddened this week to hear that Mo Vaughn, the Hub's favorite slugger, has decided not to return to the Sox for the 1999 season after spending his entire pro career with the team. Big Mo, who hit 40 homers last season and finished second by a hair in the American League batting race, was offered a none-too-shabby $62.5 million over 5 years to stay in Beantown, but apparently has had it with finishing second to the mighty Yankees...
...Dartboard grew up watching game shows. Along with "Hot Potato" and "Sale of the Century," one of our favorites was "Hollywood Squares." We developed our problem-solving skills by debating the merits of picking Milton Berle or Alf for the win. After a while, though, we grew older and tired of game shows. Jm J. Bullock and Shadoe Stevens lost their appeal after their 387th game...
...Dartboard always knew the administrators had something up their sleeves. We'd like to congratulate the Undergraduate Council for revealing the deviousness of University Hall...