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...unheralded video game athlete, beset with the same training-time requirements and intense pressure to perform as any "real" athlete, escapes the sympathy of our administration and fellow students. Finals rudely interrupt an otherwise full schedule dominated by kickflips and varials...
...first act to perform - the wine smashed against the ship for its maiden voyage, as it were - was the Orquestra Sinfonica Brasileira, a symphony orchestra decked out with traditional (violins, etc) and modern (electric guitars, etc.) instruments. The Orquestra kicked things off with an ear-splitting version of Richard Strauss' "Also Sprach Zarathustra" - that's the theme from "2001: A Space Odessey" for those of you who don't follow classical music. The group was so startlingly loud I didn't really look up to see whether they were actually playing "Also Spach Zarathustra" or whether it was prerecorded...
...Playstion 2, is the fourth in the Tekken series of fighting games, which pit one character against another until only one remains standing. This latest version adds the ability of tagging in - in other words, switching with - another character during the fight. Pairing certain characters together allows you to perform special tag-blows by tossing your opponent from one character to the next...
...thought Michael Dukakis looked cool in that tank, then check out Florida Senator BOB GRAHAM this week when he plans to perform the work of an ordinary Floridian for the 365th time. For his latest assignment, he will moonlight as a flight attendant. In a perpetual Career Day intended to help him better understand his constituents, Graham began sampling various jobs in 1974 while a Florida state legislator. Since then, he has spent a day a month working such jobs as teacher, Winn-Dixie bag boy, construction worker (see left) and horse-stable pooper scooper ("I kept the ring clear...
They don't take themselves too seriously though. As a kind of self-mocking joke, they routinely perform a cover of Euro Trash Girl by the American rock band Cracker, a song satirizing expatriate life in Europe. "We're very excited about coming to America," says Murray-Leslie, sincerely. The feeling should be mutual...