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...before escaping the approaching mob. Recalled white Motorist Jim Davis: "The police had put up a roadblock. I couldn't get around it. I went into a U-turn, but my car stalled and they came running at me. I heard them scream, 'Honky!' I got the car into gear and knocked them out of the way. I heard gunfire. I saw a police officer and I screamed, 'What should I do?' He said, 'I've been shot at all night. Do what you have...
Tower Records also carries a stock of vintage Grateful Dead wine, cleverly named "Dead Red Unwine" ($15). Rumors suggest that Tower may soon be coming out with a new line of clothing, "Tower Gear," which presumably would sell alongside the now-existing racks of "Ghost in the Shell" t-shirts and Pantera wife-beaters...
...annual deadline for blocking groups once again looms over the heads of the innocent first-years, and the third year of randomization will soon shift into gear. Sooner rather than later, there will be a reevaluation of randomization. Sage and not-so-sage deans, several masters and a few vehement students will all put in their two cents. So in the spirit of sharing, Dartboard would like to draw attention to an oft-neglected effect of randomization...
...Games began, in fact, the athletes looked just like classic kids but in Speed Generation gear. "It's amazing," marveled Shiva Keshavan, 16, the Indian luger, of the sport he took up 18 months ago. "I go faster than most cars do." Jennifer Rodriguez, a Miami speed skater with a pierced navel and a pierced-tongue speed-skating boyfriend, confesses, "Deep down, a little bit of everybody, no matter how rebellious you are, wants to go to the Olympics and just enjoy the magic...
...assorted stragglers. Within inner circles, Haakonsen, 23, is considered the Michael Jordan of snowboarding, and Mount Baker possibly the sport's most respected event. But when Haakonsen finishes, there are no corporate sponsorships, no teams, no coaches, no flags, no network TV. A few ragged kids in wet gear cheer the best rider in the world as he slips off, back to the chair lift. The Norwegian packs up his third Mount Baker trophy (a golden roll of duct tape) and prepares to head up to Vancouver, B.C., to consult on a snowboard video game. And then probably home...