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Local brains meet beauty in TV version of reality

'Geek' raids MIT, Harvard for new season

Nathan Dern, in his Harvard dorm room, has trimmed the beard and bushy hair seen by viewers of 'Beauty and the Geek,' but kept his sense of style; he's hoping that clips from the CW Network show can land him a shot at writing for 'Saturday Night Live.' Nathan Dern, in his Harvard dorm room, has trimmed the beard and bushy hair seen by viewers of "Beauty and the Geek," but kept his sense of style; he's hoping that clips from the CW Network show can land him a shot at writing for "Saturday Night Live." (JANET KNOTT/GLOBE STAFF)
By Janice O'Leary
Globe Correspondent / January 14, 2007

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They get to live in a mansion filled with gorgeous, scantily clad women, but they're about as far as you can get from being Hugh Hefner. They're nerds. Our nerds. (Full article: 776 words)

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