Word: ritualizes
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Blue Oyster Cult lyrics notwithstanding, I seem to possess a relatively normal facebook profile, as nearly all college students do. Being on Facebook, at least at Harvard, might as well be a requirement that goes along with Expos as a ritual everyone must endure. While there are the few and the proud amongst us who shun Facebook, they are an all too miniscule minority. We’ve become a cult of addictees to the point that the phrase “drunken wall-post” is now a lexical mainstay...
...less than two weeks, freshmen will be randomly sorted into one of the 12 tribes of Harvard and vigorously inducted into their new clan. The initiation ceremony, fondly known as “Housing Day,” customarily takes the form of ritual chanting and most hearty house rivalry in Annenberg. Naturally, each house views with great anticipation the day when it will take possession of several dozen new happy souls. But one less happy consequence of this feeling is the fierce debate, already raging on house lists, over the garb in which they shall enrobe their novitiates. Internal...
...news coverage is largely available for free online, having a national newspaper sitting on a dining hall table is convenient and increases the likelihood that students will actually read it. For some, reading a paper copy of the news, perhaps with a cup of coffee, is a pleasant morning ritual. Newspapers in dining halls also have the added benefits of keeping students well-informed of events outside the “Harvard bubble,” and they spark discussions and debates over meals. Having even a few papers available would greatly benefit all students; information spreads by diffusion...
...more.” Housman, when asked about his season-high seven assists, said: “It helps when Jimmy’s shooting like that. It’ll really inflate the assist totals.” SECOND-HALF CHANCE Whatever Drew Housman’s halftime ritual is, it’s definitely working. After sleepwalking through Friday’s first half (one assist, two points on 1-of-4 shooting), the sophomore point guard paced the Crimson offense in the final twenty minutes, finishing with 17 points on 6-of-12 shooting to go along...
...That scene is an extraordinary case, but yes, I've crossed in many places: Juarez, Tijuana, Tecate. It's sort of a ritual of humiliation. You get asked questions you don't know how to answer because they're ridiculous, like, "Where do you come from?" I'm like, "Are you serious? From Mexico. Where else...