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Something about Australia has always intrigued me. Perhaps it’s the grizzled-but-gentlemanly way the countrymen have been portrayed in movies like Crocodile Dundee. Australia seemed to me to be a man’s …
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WARNING: Some spoilers. Alexander Payne’s new film The Descendants, which he wrote as well as directed, opened Saturday. Payne’s last project as a dual director and screenwriter was 2004’s critically …
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On Friday night, Boston University Cinematheque showed the praised indie documentary Winnebago Man. The film revolves around filmmaker Ben Steinbauer’s quest to find, understand and befriend Jack Rebney, star of …
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“Side Streets” is a partnership between The Quad and BU Now, in which Quad writers will profile things to see and do along different streets that intersect Commonwealth Avenue. This week’s …
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Saturday afternoon, Boston University students showed off their ability to dodge, duck, dip, dive, and…well, dodge as the BU Chinese Student Association put on a dodgeball tournament in the SAC gym. …
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Friday afternoon brought a lovely autumnal display: skies bright and clear, air crispy cool, copper leaves stirring in the breeze. A perfect day to destroy God’s creations. At high noon, …
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Josh Hildebrand (GSM ’12) always wanted to fly in the military. He attended George Washington University, where he pursued his dream by joining the ROTC his junior year. He graduated …
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Weird is good sometimes. On Saturday night, “Weird Al” Yankovic, the frizzy-haired, accordion-toting champion of the world’s fanboys, rocked the Orpheum. Yankovic is currently on tour to promote his thirteenth …
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The Ig Nobel Prizes were awarded last Thursday night in a ceremony at Harvard’s Sanders Theater. The audience often threw paper airplanes at the stage—but not insultingly. Presented every year …
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On Saturday afternoon Boston University’s chapter of the China Care Fund held auditions for its second annual “So You Think BU Can Dance” competition. The event pits BU’s dance groups …
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It is the Friday night after the first week of classes, and Ashford Street is the inside of a drunken beehive, swarming and sticky. As the rumble and fizz of …
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Sunday will mark a decade. September 11 is scorched into America’s psyche. The smoke. The tumbling bodies. The rumble, the rubble, and the clouds of dust. Men and women covered …
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