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Published 4:50 pm Sunday, July 26, 2009

Hire me

Here’s a new idea for a job hunter to stand out in a competitive market: Set up an online operation tailored to the company you’d like to work for.

Watch for The Buzz’s Web campaign: Why_Rogue_Ales_Should_Hire_Me.com.

Welcome, dormies: If you’re a college-bound student or the parent of one, we’ve got the lowdown on supplies for dorm living.

But we can’t help with three of first-year dorm residents’ most pressing needs: someone older than 21 willing to buy them beer, a way to magically make their weird roommates disappear, and a dorm that doesn’t appear to have been designed by Joseph Stalin’s favorite architect.

Nothing New Dept.: Guess what’s hot, for the umpteenth time, in back-to-school fashion? Yup, you guessed it: styles from the 1960s.

If you can’t bear the thought of buying flower-power kitsch for your 12-year-old, here’s an easy corrective measure: Just show ’em a photo of Phil Spector and say he dressed like that.