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A Merve Emre book jokingly examines “bad” performers of this activity as defined in lectures given in the 1950s at Cornell. Norman Holland’s study of laughter applied a theory named for performers of this activity, who form communities bound by cultural assumptions according to Stanley Fish. Performers of this (15[1])activity are the subject of an “affective fallacy” often opposed (-5[1])to another group’s “intentional fallacy.” Viktor Shklovsky analyzed how this activity results in new perspectives through a process of (*) defamiliarization. Samuel Taylor Coleridge theorized that unlikely occurrences encountered during this activity are accepted via a“suspension of disbelief.” (10[1])A book (-5[1])on how to perform this activity (-5[1])like a professor by Thomas Foster explains its“close” form. For 10 points, name (10[2])this activity done to enjoy the work of Herman Melville. ■END■

ANSWER: reading [accept word forms such as reading books; accept readers or reader-response theory; accept How to Read Literature Like a Professor; prompt on consuming media] (The first sentence refers to Nabokov’s definition of “bad readers.”)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jack RadoColumbia ANYU C4915
Matthew SiffYaleLehigh A59-5
Eshan PantNYU ABard9610
Evan SchleckGathererRutgers98-5
Matt SpenceColumbia BPrinceton104-5
Lexi TermanRutgersGatherer11710
Zaid AsifNYU BColumbia C11710
Austin GuoPrincetonColumbia B12910
Eddie FuhrerLehigh AYale12910

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2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y6100%17%50%106.17
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo)02/23/2024Y4100%0%75%121.75
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y475%0%50%118.00
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y7100%14%57%111.43
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL)03/09/2024Y3100%0%67%128.67