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...built over a ditch in the back. The waste has to be burned since there is no running water, and that is difficult to do when it's wet. Visitors are politely told to direct fluids into a hose leading downhill to a creek. Second, when going to the toilet--or anywhere away from the shelters of the camp's twin tents--always wear a helmet and body armor. Mortars drop from the sky without warning, and enemy snipers lurk along the rooftops and in the windows of nearby buildings. Despite the prospect of being shot, however, Rabiya...
...tourists. Cubans are paid in Cuban pesos while goods must be purchased at high prices in “convertible” pesos, keeping daily essentials out of reach. Ration cards, which Cubans have to pay for, provide scarce allotments of basic goods, such as two rolls of toilet paper per month. Possessing red meat is illegal, and killing a cow will result in four to 10 years in prison. These are just some examples of the unabashed disregard for human rights that prevailed during Castro’s dictatorship and that we can expect to be carried...
...Dowling ’57, which was formed to examine the role of students in college governance. Those recommendations eventually led to the birth of the Undergraduate Council (UC), out of the ashes of its predecessor, the Student Assembly—an organization among whose accomplishments were securing free toilet paper in the River houses, a (failed) rock concert, and, at one point, “a poorly attended spring picnic.” Now, Professor Dowling is set to head a new committee with a similar name (it’s being called Dowling II) to review the current...
Most separation-inspired items--the Ex, ex-wife toilet paper, ex-boyfriend voodoo dolls--may be intentionally designed to evoke laughter from the otherwise painful situation of a breakup. "They're filling a need," says Princeton anthropologist John Borneman. But he and other experts worry that the surge of products is symptomatic of an increasingly fickle investment in marriage. "A classic case where market intervention is sapping the moral fiber of a society," Popenoe says...
...giant magnifying glass in the Science Center and claim you were ambushed by overachieving premeds. 13) Burn holes into your T-shirt, douse yourself with water and claim you just prevented a case of spontaneous human combustion. 14) Stage an accident involving superglue, bare skin, and a furniture item (toilet seat not recommended). 15) Remember, if all else fails, flunking finals is not a disaster—it’s a “character building” experience that translates into a great anecdote for your Goldman Sachs interview...