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...talked to share a handful of my symptoms. Minor accomplishments, say, the completion of a particularly clause-rich sentence, seem to merit, according to the dominant irrational side of my mind, an entire hour’s worth of distractions. (Pick your poison: mp3 or avi.) Constant underestimation of how long a given paper will take has led to my foolhardy belief that any paper can be tackled in 24 hours. Mentally prepared to stay up all night, I only begin real work around a bleary-eyed three a.m. Perhaps some advice is in order. I will admit that...

Author: By Ben B. Chung, | Title: Confessions of a Procrastinator | 6/5/2006 | See Source »

...providing Harvard’s Jewish community with Judaism-oriented classes, activities, and, more recently, HUDS dinners a cut above standard fare since 1944. Its extra perks include the $8 million Hillel building’s prime Mt. Auburn Street location and flashy modern design. According to head Rabbi Avi Poupko, Hillel’s mission centers around the ideal of an open university community.Chabad, on the other hand, is relatively new to Harvard, arriving here in 1997. Its somewhat less glass-tacular base of operation—also the home of Rabbi Hirschy Zarchi and his wife, Elkie?...

Author: By Alwa A. Cooper, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Chabad v. Hillel | 3/8/2006 | See Source »

...anti--American, some of it anti-patriotic, some of it having to do with the military. In other words, I think it was political, not religious. [There] is a very sharp distinction.”Summers’ opponents agree. Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Avi Matalon, who called Summers’ 2002 divestment remarks “outrageous and false,” says he believes “racial hatred of the Jews” was not a factor in the controversy. Summers has denied having experienced racial or religious prejudice during his time here...

Author: By Michelle R. Cerulli, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard’s First Jewish President | 3/8/2006 | See Source »

Harvard Campus Rabbi Avi E. Poupko leaped on stage after the band’s exit and waved his arms before diving into the audience, only for the crowd to part like the Red Sea below him. A collective gasp in the audience was rejoined by sporadic snickering as Poupko was forcibly removed by a number of hefty bouncers...

Author: By Adam J. Scheuer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Matisyahu | 2/15/2006 | See Source »

...time Hillel Rabbi Avi Poupko attempted to loosen up the crowd with breathing exercises and song around 8:15 p.m., only some were listening...

Author: By Sam Teller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: For Summers, Shabbat Is Rest from Week of Rancor | 2/13/2006 | See Source »

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