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Publication: The Tartan, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA.
There are many devotees of various shows and series on this campus. Liking xkcd is practically a requirement on admissions forms; "Doctor Who?" is never a question, only a bad joke; and the magic of friendship and ponies drives some to scrawl technicolored creatures all over our sidewalks.
While most fandoms go about their daily lives, one group is waiting for next Tuesday, Oct. 25, with every last ounce of its patience. They're not an obvious group -- even when members are fully dressed in official merchandise, one would be hard pressed to name what they're fans of. But on Oct. 25 -- or "Gristmas," as some fans have nicknamed it -- it will likely be easy to pick them out by their looks of anticipation, rapturous joy, consternation, or perhaps even furious rage, and by the records, ghosts, squids, atoms, and zodiacal signs on their shirts.
What are they...