Word: dins
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Adam’s work as a columnist for The Crimson, as a peer advising fellow, as former business manager of the Harvard Din & Tonics (and their $100,000 budget), as vice-chair for residential life on the UC’s student affairs committee, and as vice-chair of the College Events Board give him unparalleled experience and knowledge on both sides of the College divide—in student government and in student organizations...
...Schlafly, head of the conservative Eagle Forum, and 17 other less prominent figures, most from anti-abortion groups, contended "If Senator Obama cannot defend the most helpless citizens in our country, he has nothing to say to the AIDS crisis. You cannot fight one evil while justifying another." The din became sufficiently loud that Saddleback posted a response stressing Warren's disagreement with Obama on abortion but noting that "Obama was invited to share his views on AIDS, not abortion or any other issue...
Australia's most senior Islamic cleric, Sheik Taj Al-Din Hilali, was justly slapped down by the community after he described women who did not wear the hijab (headdress) as "uncovered meat." In a Ramadan sermon in September, the mufti also told his flock that women, by the way they dress and act, were to blame for sexual assault. When the comments were reported in late October by the Australian newspaper, the nation's leaders condemned Hilali. After he apologized, claiming his words were taken out of context, Hilali fell into the arms of his physicians. He rode...
...capella groups will grace the Yard this pre-turkey weekend. On Friday, the choice is yours: catch the Harvard and Yale Glee Clubs’ annual collaboration, or scope out the Harvard Krokodiloes and the Yale Whiffenpoofs at Memorial Church. Post-game, don’t fret: the Harvard Din and Tonics, the Radcliffe Pitches, and the Yale Spizzwinks perform in one concert, the Harvard-Yale Jamboree (clever title no additional charge). Glee Club Concert Fri., Nov. 17 at 8 p.m. Sanders Theatre. Tickets $8 for students. Kroks Concert Fri., Nov. 17 at 8 p.m. Memorial Church. Tickets...
...each false alarm—a persistent problem for Eliot in recent years—the attitude of students toward fire safety grows more and more flippant. As the chorus of irritated voices grew louder and louder, the crowd began to notice a single, particularly upset voice penetrating the din. It was a fireman. And he had a megaphone. In an obscenity-laced rant that lasted longer than a wait in the Annenberg waffle line, the fireman let the students know that, no, in fact, this false alarm was not funny, it was not some kind of joke...