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Before there was torture porn, human centipedes, and creepy kids crawling out of TV screens, there was a little 1996 movie called Scream. And before there were all those Scary …
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Monday’s lecture, “What I Learned at Straight Camp,” revealed the inner workings of camp-like retreats aimed at turning gay men straight.
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We can finally confirm a widely known fact—Barack Obama was born in the United States. So why does the media care so much?
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Michael Scott (Steve Carrell) has left his position as regional manager of Dunder-Mifflin. Here are some thoughts on his final episode.
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Between speaking at events, competing on game shows and threatening to jump in the Charles River, the face of the Dean of Students Kenn Elmore is everywhere on campus including, for a few hours Thursday morning, the side of Mugar Library.
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A how-to guide for the Royal Wedding nut in all of us.
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“The Assault,” a French thriller based on the real-life mission to recover a hijacked airliner, tries to be a serious meditation of the dangers and uncertainty of counter-terrorism teams, but gets dragged back down to earth by a stale narrative, shaky camerawork, and a bag of cliches.
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Quick, what do you think of when you hear the word “pie?” The traditional golden-crust-berry-filled dessert might come to mind. Or maybe the smell of Thanksgiving’s spicy sweet potato staple. …
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If 43 percent of the population suffers from a disorder, is it really a disorder at all? That question, among others, is what Orgasm, Inc asks its audience to consider. …
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It is no secret that the men and women of the United States Congress are not my favorite people in the world. I spend more time complaining about them than …
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On April 8 of this year, thousands of people employed by the United States government prepared to face the reality that they were unessential. The Senate, heavily populated by Democrats, …
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