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...mysteriously at the door of a convent. Quickly taken in by the nuns and the scholars in residence, this girl, Andrea, charms everyone. Her obsession with the show Wheel of Fortune becomes a central theme of the novel. Codrescu's interest focuses on Vanna White, a subject of mass worship who brings meaning to the world by connecting letters into words. References to the game-show throughout the novel bring with them the hope that somehow all the loose ends will eventually be tied...
...shared unpleasant experience often draws people closer. My pre-med friends always chat about the guy that always asked questions in Chem 10 lecture, and now always asks questions in BS I lecture. My economics friends talk about their section-mates who worship famous professors--such as Stone Professor of International Trade Jeffrey D. Sachs '76 and Baker Professor of Economics Martin S. Feldstein '61. Friends who share academic interests and acceptable section behavior can commiserate about their experiences...
HRAACF members had originally planned to perform "body worship," hand motions set to religious music. In their letter, Gu and Hing wrote that this type of worship is practiced mostly by the Asian-American community...
Last Thursday, HRAACF members asserted that the foundation had rejected their performance of "body worship"--hand motions set to religiousmusic--because of religious content...
...letter to the foundation protesting thedecision, HRAACF executive team members Abigail L.Hing '99 and Jeffrey R. Gu '99 said "body worship"is "one example of the ethnic contributions AsianAmericans bring to the Western tradition...