Word: menorahs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Dean Lewis has chosen to offend the College community a third time with his very practical decision to ban Hanukkah menorahs from student dormitory rooms. Let's follow his logic. This past December, a first-year creates a Rube Goldberg menorah from a three-hole punch. The candles topple. The desk and computer catch fire. Dean thinks, "What if other desks and computers catch on fire when irresponsible students create defective holiday contraptions? We must prevent all Jewish students from lighting menorahs...
...serious fire that was life-threatening. It was not [caused by] a menorah, but it was an open candle," Hanson said. "I am in favor of a policy of not allowing open fire in any of our rooms...
...other side is that I am very much in favor of having a provision made for common room space [for] religious festivals, including the candles of a menorah," he added...
...only needed three candles because I'm going home tomorrow," she said of her impromptu menorah...
...wasn't the greatest menorah ever seen on the face of the planet," she said...