What Could Have Been
In 1992, The Crimson’s weekly magazine, then called What Is to Be Done?, underwent a name change. This massive list of names reveals the many facets of the editors’ collective psyche. Here is evidenced the creativity that has been the life-blood of the endeavor. Read, and imagine What Could Have Been Done.
Vertigo
Scan
View
Soar
On the Scene
Around Here
Up and Around
Far and Above
Here and There
Presence
Absence
Altitude
Attitude
Bad Attitude
Clean
Clean Scene
The scrub
The Seal
Stamped and Delivered
Stand and Deliver
Stand
Shine
Brilliant
The Brilliant Disguise
Born in the USA
Born to Run
Tunnel of Love
The Tunnel
The Matrix
The Vortex
Vertebral Curve
The Spinal Curve
The Spinal Column
The Curve
Wide Angle
Sharp Angle
A Sharp Curve
Swing
Swing Out
Stare Gaze
Try
Try Me
Force
Force Field
Fly by Night
Puritan
Eat a Peach
The Shorts
Briefs and Shorts
Curds and Whey
Whey Out
Whirl
Ptolemy
Ptolemy’s Gaze
Ptolemy’s View
Kepler’s Ellipse
Ellipse
An Elliptical View
Circle and Ellipse
Ptolemy’s Peach
Apollo’s Perch
The Bird’s Perch
A Parrot’s Perch
The Pterodactyl’s Perch
Virgo’s Vertigo
Phalanx
Phalange
The Legion
Caesar’s Legions
Alexander’s Feast
Pig Out
Pork Bellies
Chitlins and Spam
Spam
Greens
Green
Sputnik Sputters
Spew
Pshaw
A Growth
Metastases
Chicken
The Spring Chicken
The Coordinate
The Cartesian Plan
The Frontier
The Divide
Abacus
What Gulliver Forgot
The Conquistador
Matador
The Slide Rule
The Slope
Irregular Slope
Fruit and Fiber
Thursday’s Answer
The Inferno
Catapult
Slingshot
The Oracle
The Flea’s Jump
The Mailed Fist
Stonewall
The Stone’s Plunge
The Apple’s Fall
The Final Mile
Gridlock
Stone Cold
Fast Set
Like a Prayer
Mirage
Swamp Mirage
The Desert Vision
Night vision
Clear Vision
The Rail
The Trail
The Path
Nose Hair
By a Nose
No Nose
Refried
Toxic
The Joint
Vertigo
The Chill Pill
Gondola
Chutes or Ladders
Of Rats and Mutants
The Outback
Out Back
Round the Bend
On the Curve
Of Swerves and Curves
Nuts and Bolts
The Groove
The Page Go
The Plan
The Assignment
N.O.W.–”Not On Work” The Mag
The Weekend
Assignment
The Prowl
The Drum
The Whistle
The Timecard
The Play
The Gauge
The Other Page
Roam
Rice Thresher
Land of Cain
Violence
Anger
Elan
Frisson
Catapult
Morning Star
Battering Ram
Thursday’s Child
Pageant
Agency
Sixty Seconds
Quickflick
Quickflash
Quicksilver
Silverfish
Silver Fox
Silver Tongue
Agoraphobia
Allurophobia
Paleophobia
Fear of Old Stuff
Fear of Music
Devil’s Advocate
Instant Recognition
Famous
Cat out of the Bag
Natty Bumppo
Springboard
Vanishing Point
Dinosaur
Pterodactyl
Mastodon
Mammoth
Reptile
Achtung Boston
Jaunt
Jaundice
Critical
Terminal
Lenin Falls
Dzherzhinsky
Thursday Thursday
Ruby Thursday
Peggy Suicide
Morning Starfish
Fishtail
Slither
Otter
Wigwam
Big Dog
Black Dog
Temptation
Blue Thursday
The Ocean
Atmosphere
Ambient
Radius
Copperplate
Clearface
Wrath
Metallic Braincell
Neurotic Blurbs
Indescribable
Blister
No Comment
Thrills and Spills
Word of Mouth
Buzzing in the Streets
Random
Ransom Notes
Kingdom
Envision
Imagine
Sear
Steam
Drive
Train
Motor
Motorcycle
Motoriffic
Infomoto
Terremoto
Octagon
Square
Steelsaw
Hexagon
Trilateral Commission
Dali Parton
Dalitronic
Daliriffic
Infodali
Inforiffic
Rollercoaster
Ferris Wheel
Corkscrew
Gridiron
Bagel Heaven
Less Talk, More Rock
Scientific
Electronic
Apparition
Byzantine
Philistine
Batboy
Last Legs
Tonight
Forever
Nirvana
Soundgarden
Mindgarden
Dreamgarden
Planet
Cannibal Planet
Steel Planet
Heart of Stone
Killer Tomato
Hedgehog
Brainstorm
Steakknife Ostrich
Albatross
Wingspan
What The Fuck
Overdrive
RedLetter
Backburner
Burning
Burning Hell
Burnt Umber
Pine Green
Crayola Colors
Silverado
Tool and Die
Poststructuralist
Douche-cock
International Style
Corbusier
Neolithic
Litho
Angst
Elan
Frisson
Televisiön
Delgada
Zagadka
Gadfly
Mayfly
Evanscent
Sliver
The Scream
The Shout
The Mashed Potato
Word
Mental Acrobatics
Acrobat
Trapeze
Bigtop
Highwire
Triple Beam
Waterfall
Fireball
Firefall
Virtuoso
Mozart
Renaissance
Literature from Hell
Death of a Salesman
Knell
Deathknell
Hathkananon
Kirkegaard
Buddha’s Banquet
Thieves
Thought Criminal
Nine Volt
Fifteen Minutes
Death in Venice
Serpent
Zodiac
Curveball
Samba
Canasta
Bridge
Contract
Compact
Avalon
Valhalla
Ornament
Hood Ornament
Crystal
Prism
Telescope
Skipbeat
Euphemism
Plastic Wrap
Tinsel
Swarm
Bees
Buzz
Catapult!
Slingshot
Shrapnel
Catalyst
Catalogue
Cat Attack
Contagion
Contagious
Viral Infection
Angel Dust
Derivative
Description
Integral
Dimension
The Distance
Doberman
Rottweiler
Sucked Foolish
Askew
Askance
Gorge
Escarpment
Roadway
Motorway
Deathstar
Darth Vader
Primal
Frontal
Coastal
Shiny Surfaces
Indelible
India Ink
Camera
Candid
Digressional
Forensic
Autarkic
Myocardia Infarction
Lungo Lungere Lunxi
Iago
Othello
King Lear
Hamlet
Wither
Wuthering Heights
Leviathan
Caribbean
Sargasso
Buccaneer
Hook
The Crime Reader
Death in Cambridge
Cantabrigia
Old Faithful
Dusty Rose
Microbe
Protozoan
Protection Money
The Racket
Racketeering
Orienteering
Profiteering
Volunteering
Sneering
Snobbery
Sneer
Inspirational
Spirit World
Sprite
Striathon
Taco
Bellbottom
Bee Charmer
Boufant
Cultural Relics
Breeders
Fusions
Fission
Gone Fission
Neutrion
Proton
Electronic
Cult
Dingbat
Birdbrain
Pelican
Protest March
Pining Away
Production
Manufacture
Studio
Striate
Bungalow
Space Invader
Intruder
Invasion
Moreover
Meretrix
Heresy
Wonderland
Cheshire Cat
Ingredient
Mortician
McMagazine
Destruction
Carnage
Far Out
Mindbender
Vertigo
Profusion
Creator
Migration
Increase
Bogeyman
Banshee
Druids
Wiccan
Witches
Witchcraft
Statecraft
Desclidption
Graffiti
Jaunt
Higgins
Walter Mitty
Mitty Mag
Mitty’s Diary
Rosebud
Vatican Times
Stump Speech
Aside
Mitred Locks
Through the Keyhold
On Dreams
Dreams
Top Hat
Topkapi
Candied Yams
Pickle Barrel
Barrel of Something
Down Canal (Street)
Dim Sum
Other Food
Step Aside
Bus Lights
Midnight Ride
After Hours
Fruit Face
Pumpkin Seed
Pope
Pepys
Mad Diary
Diary Something
Pool Slide
Mud Bath
Pomegranite
Stroller
Strolling
Tom Jones
Beer and Shelter
Kung Fu
Channel 5
Late Night Tube
Sleeping Through
Getting Lost
Nine Tailors
Luck and Grunt
Ferris Wheel
Under the T
Over the T
Go at Red
Gin Fizz
Whiskey Sour
Sawdust
Knish
Saw Horse
This Old House
Oz
Something involving Oz
Glutton
Roman Baths
Escargots
Butter Bath
Pliers Daily
Wrench News
Peat’s Pete
Phony
Get Out
Museum Tours
Billyball
Grout
Bean Counter