Word: watching
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...visit started out a little slow. After playing basketball with some of the brothers, I was left to watch TV while my friends ran a pledge event known as "Food Beirut." For those not familiar with plain "Beirut," it is a drinking game--much like beer-pong--in which people on opposite sides of a table throw ping-pong balls into cups filled with beer; if a ball goes into a cup, the other team must drink...
...tiny classroom on the second floor of the historic building, 60 people packed together in darkness to watch 23-year-old Gregg Favarola--a Harvard electrical engineering Ph.D. candidate on a leave of absence--demonstrate his prototype for a three-dimensional television...
...also goes by "Professional Experiment Subject," and "Jeannette Soriano: International Subject of Mystery!" signs up for many experiments, explaining that "I'm interested to know what kind of things people in William James study." As a regular subject, she recalls, "One of the most fun ones had me watch some educational videos and then work with a partner to try to make a bridge out of straws, pipe cleaners, Styrofoam cups, and popsicle sticks that was 'aesthetically pleasing and that could hold a weighted clip' at the end. We lost, but then when they had me work...
Kelly's monument still stands just outside the iron fence of Harvard Yard where Straus Hall ends. His face keeps watch on all those who pass--the students, tourists, shopkeepers, punks, and derelicts who rush to descend into the tunnels he helped to build, hopping onto the Red Line or just-muttering to themselves while wandering aimlessly, looking for a place to urinate. With the recent erection of the "Magnetic Poetry Wall," some may believe that the spirit of Harvard Square has reached its nadir, particularly if one is reading the latest attempt at actual verse or simply another adolescent...
This week, all Jews should celebrate the 50th anniversary of the birth of the state of Israel in whatever way their local community feels appropriate. And if Hollywood wants to haul out the stars, watch. If Tel Aviv wants to party on the Boardwalk, dance. If Jerusalem wants to have religious services, pray. If New York wants to have a parade, walk. If Harvard wants to have colloquia, participate. In any case, let's appreciate the commonalities held by all Jews, including and especially the state of Israel...