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Once a year, musician and performer Leon Gruenbaum ’85 breaks his strict vegan diet by eating a slice of pizza while surrounded by onlookers. Afterwards, he lowers a plastic mannequin leg from the roof of his New York apartment building in a ritual called “The Lowering...
When an agnostic Californian father, Michael A. Newdow, won a case in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in June 2002, the San Francisco court guaranteed that his 9-year-old daughter would not be subjected to the daily ritual of reciting “under God” in the closing of the pledge. For the states under the Ninth Circut Court, the ruling retired the requirement that public school teachers lead students in the pledge. Now, after the subsequent uproar, the Supreme Court has decided to take the case and consider the constitutionality...
...case’s hearing. His recent recusal raises the possibility of a 4-4 split, which would uphold the current ruling. We hope the ruling is upheld and the 9.6 million students within the court’s jurisdiction will no longer be subject to this daily ritual...
Starting each day with a glass of juice is a healthy morning ritual. But we need to remember that the juice has more calories--sometimes even added sugar--and less fiber than the fruit...
...devotional chanting, which originated as a component of the religious form of yoga known as Bhakti and is conducted by call and response. Chanters repeat short phrases over and over, invoking the names of Hindu gods. With the current embrace of all things yogic in this country, the ancient ritual is enjoying a vogue, and as practiced by K.D. and other prominent American performers, it has taken on a decidedly Western slant. While Jai Uttal (ne Doug Uttal), Bhagavan Das (born Michael Riggs) and Dave Stringer (his real name) chant in Hindi and Sanskrit, all incorporate Western instruments and melodies...