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...last rays of the afternoon sun shone through the window, the students became quiet. "We listened to `Alice's Restaurant' and got stoned on food," said Scott M. Finn `94. Then they watched "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." What, no Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade? "Definitely...
...wise traveler, I'm told, chooses an aisle seat for his flying needs. It makes it easier to get to the bathroom, they say, and affords you a better chance of beating the crowd when you reach your final destination. To hell with efficiency; I always choose the window seat. And then I stare out. At the runway whizzing by, then at the crazily tilted world below as we climb, nose first, into the air. On clear days, I try to catch a glimpse of cities below. (Flying up the East Coast, you can make out all of Manhattan...
...only there weren't other people around. Flight attendants banging, drinks spilling, babies crying. And the occasional insane neighbor. Like the man who gave me his personal theory on nuclear disarmament over a trip from Logan to Washington National. Wedged between the window and his unceasing chatter, I buried my head in The Scarlet Letter, trying to look too engrossed to talk. The guy in the aisle seat pretended he didn't speak English. I lost...
...album you shouldn't miss, Adams' strongest songs are those in which she pushes her music one step further, into heavily syncopated or even world beat percussions, and introduces a strong gospel element to her singing. Cross this with electric guitar and you have some very danceable tracks. "Evolution," "Window of Hope" and especially "Easier to Say Goodbye" are her most daring and complex songs. These are the only tracks to use backup vocals, and the gospel-choir sound this produces is uplifting to say the least...
...department, a university task force on the subject noted, and there was not enough academic substance to justify adding that one. Within days, however, 300 students -- equivalent to a tenth of the school's Chicanos and about 1% of total enrollment -- staged a protest that escalated into a window- breaking skirmish with police. Next came a hunger strike by five students and one faculty member. In June UCLA backed down, creating the Cesar Chavez Center for Interdisciplinary Instruction in Chicana (in deference to women) and Chicano Studies...