Dear 2013: In Honor of Housing Day Eve

Posted by The Voice Staff on March 10, 2010 at 1:00 pm

Get silly tonight.

Sincerely,

The Voice.

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Quincy’s Housing Day Video: Take Two

Posted by The Voice Staff on March 10, 2010 at 8:20 am

It looks like some of the houses feel the need to post more than one mediocre Housing Day video this year. Here’s Quincy’s second attempt after the seemingly lazy BBC -penguin-clip attempt. It features a dub over “I’ll Make A Man Out of You” from the Mulan soundtrack.

Our verdict: We’re really confused. And embarrassed for Quincy. Sorry beezies. To be fair though, it looks like an individual, not HoCo, made the video.

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Cabot’s Housing Day Video

Posted by The Voice Staff on March 10, 2010 at 8:05 am

Cabot rounded off the last of the Housing Day videos as it released its Housing Day video last night, and we’re impressed. The video seems to be based off of Google’s “Parisian Love” ad that was shown during the Super Bowl, with lyrics to the tune of “Anyone Else But You” from the Juno soundtrack.

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IGP Player of The Year: Jeff Garlin Makes Penis Jokes

Posted by The Voice Staff on March 7, 2010 at 3:47 pm

by Lexi Ross

Tonight, an eager audience crowded into Science Center C for a special performance by renowned comedian Jeff Garlin and the Immediate Gratification Players. Garlin, best known for writing and starring in Curb Your Enthusiasm and for his roles in WALL-E and Arrested Development, was being honored as IGP’s very first Player of the Year, an award recognizing “comedians who have a background in improvisational theater and who the Immediate Gratification Players deem to be hilarious.” We had to agree with IGP…Garlin was awesome. Read the rest of this entry »

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GIF Friday: Midterms Are Coming

Posted by The Voice Staff on March 5, 2010 at 11:20 am

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A Hump Day Interlude

Posted by The Voice Staff on March 3, 2010 at 10:22 am

Good morning.

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Snark Abounds On IR-Announce As Undergraduates Fail to Understand Basic List Functions

Posted by The Voice Staff on March 1, 2010 at 2:32 pm

Bless your little soul if you’re on the Harvard mailing list titled “IR-Announce” which is the “International Relations Announcements List.”  This Voice reporter has no idea why or how she got on this list (probably signed up for it as a naive freshman once upon a prefrosh yesteryear), but wow. Talk about unnecessary drama clogging up your already clogged up inbox. Words like “imbeciles” and “mind numbingly stupid” and “blackberrying selves” were whacked about the list earlier today as several students hit the “reply-all” button with a simple request: TAKE ME OFF THIS DAMN LIST.

The thread is currently 15 messages long, and counting. Below are some choice gems.

“Seriously stop replying all to this list in order to be removed. Just click onhttps://lists.hcs.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/ir-announce and put in your email address and press the unsubscribe button. The other 1000 people on this list don’t need to be involved.”

“If I weren’t sick and in such a crappy mood, I would love the examples of nudge effects / destabilization at work here. Unsubscribe your own blackberrying selves. Sent from my laptop.”

The announce list is apparently open for anyone to email, even if you are not a moderator. Was this a stupid decision, or are students just too stupid to use the list responsibly?

Oh well. Just another Manic Monday.

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A Brief Guide to Blocking

Posted by The Voice Staff on February 27, 2010 at 10:35 am

Blocking is like swimming. For some, it happens easily and naturally–a few strokes and you’re afloat. For others, not so much. Arms flail, water is gulped…and then you drown and are MISERABLE AND DIE.

To avoid the latter situation, we’ve constructed for  you a brief guide to blocking.

1. Do not block with your significant other or would-be significant other. This is probably the one rule you should always abide by. DO NOT BREAK IT, seriously. Blocking with someone you may have feelings for could make things awkward later. You might be omg-so-in-love right now, but what happens after a bitter breakup? Transferring to another house is a pain in the rear, so avoid blockcest at all costs!

2. Do not block with The Drama Queen. Because drama will, undoubtedly, ensue. Um, especially if you’re a girl.

3. Brace yourself for eleventh-hour blocking drama. People will pull out or leave you blocking-groupless at the last minute, so be mentally prepared. It might be a good idea even to have backup plans–get ready to beg and plead to be let in on your second choice blocking group.

4. You’ll find that linking doesn’t really matter. Yeah, you’ll be in adjacent houses but the reality of seeing your linkmates all the time like you’re still biffles is unlikely. Sorry.

5. Enjoy River Run the night before Housing Day. It’ll help soothe the pain once you’re Quadded the next morning. (Or you’ll be too hangover or still drunk to soak in the reality of what just happened.) To ensure this doesn’t happen, construct the most badass sacrificial boat for the River Gods…sans firecrackers, unless you want the Cambridge Police and Fire Departments on your asses (CLASS OF 2012 FTW!).

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GIF Friday: It’s Saturday, But Whatever, Still Relevant

Posted by The Voice Staff on February 27, 2010 at 7:34 am

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Annnnd May The Housing Wars Commence!

Posted by The Voice Staff on February 23, 2010 at 12:08 pm

The first of the Housing Day videos are popping up on the intertubes. Here’s a look at Pfoho’s, featuring…uh, Adolf Hitler.

Grade: A. Well played, Pfoho.

Has your house produced a video? Send it along to thehvoicemail@gmail.com.

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Enjoy The Sun Today Because…

Posted by The Voice Staff on February 22, 2010 at 9:46 am

…it ain’t hanging around for long. FOL.

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