Crimson staff writer
Kelsey S. O'Connor
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Pulling Strings
Believe it or not, there is a robust puppetry community in Boston, and the people behind Puppet Showplace offer them a place to perform their art.
Listen Up: Q&A with Ben Ratliff
FM had the chance to chat with the long time pop and jazz critic.
Real or Imagined?: Psych Studies
Can you tell the difference between real and imagined psychology studies?
The Word: Final
When I was 5 years old, my parents took me to a Fourth of July fireworks show, and I asked whether every third explosion was the grand finale. I wanted to show off my new vocabulary words, but I didn’t realize that it would mean the end of the show. As we stood in a field in upstate New York, necks straining backwards to watch the colored explosions, vibrations travelled from my feet to my eardrums. They lingered there in the car on the way home.
Get the coffeecoffeecoffee– Flyby on Gilmore Girls Coming Back
In the meantime, and forever, if you’re looking for me or you haven’t seen the show, I’m on Season 5, Episode 15 for the fourth time. Play me out troubadour.
Ben Lerner & Geoffrey O'Brien
The second reader dresses the way one might imagine a thirty-something professor and MacArthur Fellow would: He wears a collared shirt peeking out of a charcoal sweater, with black jeans tucked into boots. Unmistakably arched eyebrows confirm that this is Ben Lerner.
Halloween Organ Recital
As I walked across a quiet Harvard Yard, I looked up to see the lit Memorial Church steeple and a waning moon behind it. With Halloweekend looming in the temporal distance and having missed my annual viewing of “It’s a Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,” I was in desperate need of some ghoulish festivity. As I entered the dark and crowded church, the audience was already enraptured by the haunting sound of a powerful organ.
Retrospection: Professor Eugene Rochow
Before Powerpoint and Keynote appropriated the term “slide” to the flashy, digital rectangles that we dread in Monday morning lecture, slides were actual panes made out of plastic and glass. Professors would insert them into a slide projector and give their lectures.
OCI By the Numbers
Luckily, FM did some digging to find out how many people are interviewing on campus and how many are actually landing jobs. Don’t forget, as OCS says, “the job search is a contact sport.”
FM Reminisces: Berk's Shoes
It is with a heavy heart and fond memories of 35 years that FM remembers Berk’s Shoes. Congratulations on 35 years. We’ll miss ya.