Word: gongs
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...Gong Show...
Lunch at Adams House was a little noisier than usual yesterday, as non-residents of the House found themselves unwitting contestants on "The No Interhouse Gong Show...
Malka S. Resnicoff '00 and a group of other House residents loudly struck the dining hall's gong each time a non-resident approached the checker's desk during lunch yesterday. The protesters then added a mark to their tally of non-residents entering the dining hall...
Lucy Medeiros, the House's daily dining hallchecker, said that "The Gong Show" "embarrassedthe people working here and it embarrassed thepeople eating here." She said that Adams Houseresidents could minimize interhouse lunchviolations by simply not vouching for studentsseeking admittance...
Resnicoff disagreed, saying that the protestgenerated spontaneous "support for communityfeeling." She said that some residents tried to"make [the event] playful" by expressing dismay atthe gong beatings...