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Fat Tuesday isn't until February, but Mardi Gras beads have been circulating around Tufts for the past few weeks. Theta Chi and the Leonard Carmichael Society [LCS] have joined forces to sell the ...

In New Orleans for the Mardi Gras, I, surely, wasn’t ready for the mad ride and ceaseless exhilaration. Think 250 million beads being tossed around randomly. Edible underwear as souvenirs. Men in tutu ...

Arc of Acadiana is collecting beads for its annual Mardi Gras Bead Drive, an initiative to support individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities across Acadiana. Through this ...

A Galveston jury has acquitted a man of the dastardly deed of Assault by Mardi Gras Beads, thus making the world safe for balcony-dwellers everywhere wishing to see a flash or two of drunken boob.