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Spontaneous Asphyxiation

By David Rosales     5/14/09 7:00pm

Will Rice College senior Josh Levin rescues Timothy Faust (Brown '09) while other members of Slow Burn, a student long-form improvisational comedy troupe, look on gleefully during a particularly breath-taking scene in the group's final performance of the year.





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