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The Scream

January/February 2002

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The Scream

Glenn Matsumura

During Dead Week, Branner frosh trooped out to a second-floor balcony at midnight to add their voices to the chorus of yells across campus. But they didn't necessarily find the traditional Primal Scream all that stress-reducing. "I think the scream is kind of funny, but that's it," says Spencer Porter, front, with soccer ball. "It is just a general group bonding experience." And a loud one, at that.

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