Word: gesundheit
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...Lamont, and inexplicable rashes. But for a select few, this past Sunday meant something a little less stressful, something more along the lines of a nice game of…Gaga. What? Don’t worry, non-Jews can play too. So what is Gaga? Michael I. Levin-Gesundheit ’08, one of the organizers of the event, explains. “It’s a form of dodgeball thought to have originated in Israel, usually played in a sandy pit at a lot of Jewish Community Center camps.” Due to the lack...
...kids in the elementary school, Hispanic parents were as worried as white parents about missing out on an English-only education. Assimilation is slow, but it is inevitable. Beardstown was settled in the 19th century by unapologetically German immigrants, but you won't hear so much as a gesundheit uttered there today. What is lacking, in Beardstown as in Washington, is faith in America's undimmed ability to metabolize immigrants from around the world, to change them more than they change...
...with their next challenge: wading through all those applications.The advising office accepted an initial round of 90 fellows without interviews. That move raised eyebrows. “If they’re going to do interviews, they should probably interview everyone,” SAB member Michael I. Levin-Gesundheit ’08 told The Crimson. He added that interviews are important, “especially since it really matters that people are approachable and down to earth.”Rinere defends her approach. “Four to six sets of eyes reviewed each application...
...Lamont is open 24-hours a day during the week and until 12:45 Fridays and Saturdays, making it an attractive place for students to stay all day, leaving their books behind when they head out for lunch or a review session. But thanks to Michael I. Levin-Gesundheit ’08, a new library policy makes this less of an option. New signs posted throughout the library request that students not claim study space by piling up belongings or locking up laptops to library furniture. If a desk or carrel has been “reserved?...
...don’t think it’s a good idea to get recommendations from students on the student advisory board...because everyone deserves a fair chance,” Levin-Gesundheit said, adding that students on the board were caught in a “catch-22” when they felt the need to be fair to all applicants as well as to their friends...