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Band nerd or jock: Who's more likely to help in a crisis?

The band nerd or the jock? Who is most likely to come to your aid in times of need? A recently released study by Rutgers ...
The Gazette

Confession of a band nerd | From the editor

The apex of my marching band career happened on Sept. 23. 1979. That’s right, I was a band nerd. But let’s put that aside for now. On that glorious autumn day, I was with the Colorado State University ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

‘Band Nerds’ No More

How did the University of Notre Dame’s marching band end up starring in an alt-rock video? It went something like this: In 2006 the power-pop band OK Go released its video for “Here It Goes Again,” in ...
bleedingcool

Sarah Clawson Willis, Ana Hinojosa Sell OGN Band Nerd To HMH/Etch

Sarah Clawson Willis and Ana Hinojosa have sold their debut graphic novel Band Nerd to HMH/Etch. According to Publisher's Weekly, Band Nerd is about how "Seventh-grader Lucy Carver is determined to ...
NPR

Nerd! How the word popularized by Dr. Seuss went from geeky insult to mainstream

It may conjure images of Family Matters' bespectacled, suspenders-clad Steve Urkel. Or the theoretical physicist Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory. Or Scooby-Doo's Velma. Or you may ...