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...urban legends of our society is the supposedly growing trend of "boomerangs" - youngish adults who move back in with their parents. Nearly every news outlet including TIME has dug up some slob to represent this trend: a college grad couch potato who plays Grand Theft Auto all day, refusing to take a low-paying starter job or move out into the real world. Last week both USA Today and ABC's World News Tonight piled on the ridicule, thanks to yet another book on quarterlifers in a quagmire...
...much the same, and what many are ignoring is that they have been for years.In contrast to the blaring heavy-metal, pop punk, and rap lineups of such popular series as “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater,” “Grand Theft Auto,” and “NBA Jam,” more sophisticated games have long relied on soundtrack music for subtle mood manipulations. While “Super Mario Brothers” and its ilk had their share of minor-key tunes to cue the player that...
...theft occurred sometime between 1:30 a.m. on Friday, after the room’s three occupants went to sleep, and 11:30 a.m. that day, when Steven T. Cupps ’09 noticed that his and one of his roommate’s laptops were missing...
Allston Burr Resident Dean of Lowell House Ryan M. Spoering said that the apparent theft is “not an uncommon occurrence when people leave their windows unlocked. It’s always just a risk...
...added that though it was “kind of scary” that the theft occurred while he was sleeping, “it also makes it better to know that it could have been worse...