Vol. 9 Issue 2 Mon, October 20th
Tutor on Call
Sheel Ganatra 10/24‐10/26
Lev Emergency Cell Number: 617‐429‐3311
Favorite Cereal?
We set out on a quest for knowledge…
The Wheaties/ Marsh‐ Total All Bran Cinnamon Toasters
mallow Family
4%
8%
8%
Mateys
8%
Life
Cracklin' 4%
Oat Bran
12%
Honey Graham Colossal Squares
Crunch
Crispy 12%
4%
Hemp+ Rice/ Granola
Cocoa 16%
Krispies
24%
…and we gained some valuable insight along the way:
“All Bran® is the scariest stuff I’ve ever seen.” –L.Y.
“Cracklin’ Oat Bran®, that stuff will kill you. But you will die in ecstasy!” –J.L.
“I always hated the Trix® Rabbit.” –J.C.
Totally Random
Upcoming Lev Events
It seems that the latest counter‐
evolutionary phenom to grip American youngsters today is the art of car surfing. The CDC defines such an act as a “thrill‐seeking activity that involves riding on the exterior of a moving motor vehicle while it is being driven by another person.”
A quick trip to youtube.com validates this claim. At a glance (or several), the pastime itself appears to be fun and addictive for the participants and rather amusing for the rest of us viewers. However, any teen activity that shoots so suddenly to the CDC’s Morbidity and Morality Report deserves a second evaluation, beyond the grainy videos of the internet‐upload kingdom.
Researchers discover that car surfing today has an estimated fatality rate of 58% (of those, the breakdown is 70% male, 74% from the Midwest and Southern regions). Moreover, many deaths occur in the month of August. (back‐to‐school blues?)
Car surfing deaths have occurred due to vehicle speeds as high as 80mph and as low as a measly 5. Causes of death invariably include gruesome head and spinal cord injuries.
Boys of the South should consider themselves forewarned, lest they again mistake the hoods of moving vehicles for their personal surfboards.
•Panel on Public Service ‐Mon 7:00 (SCR)
•Career/Internship Exploration Dinner: Technology – Tues 6:00 (SCR)
•Leverett 80’s Dance (tickets on sale now!)
Saturday 8:00 (d‐hall)
•Student‐Faculty Dinner 10/27 •Fellowship Selection Committee 10/28
•Prelaw Committee Get‐Together 10/28
•Master’s Open House 10/30
Artists in Residence
Congratulations to Julia Sokol, whose photo “The View” (shown below) won the People’s Choice Award at last Tuesday’s opening of the Lev Photo Exhibit!
To see all the talented Lev artists on display, be sure to peruse the walls of the dining hall!
Bunny Fact: The tail of a rabbit is called a “scut.” (origin Late Middle English, 15th century)
Events on Campus
Sign‐up, find sports, teams and upcoming games on http://leverettt.harvard.edu
Games This Week
Tennis: Sun, 10/19/08, 5 pm vs. Cabot
Soccer: Mon, 10/20/08, 9 pm vs. Lowell
Flag Football: Wed, 10/22/08, 7 pm vs. Eliot
B Volleyball: Thurs, 10/23/08, 7:30 pm vs. Currier
**River Run**: Sat, 10/25/08, 10 am Men’s, 10:30 am Women’s. See announcement below.
Players of the Week (Oct. 12‐19 2008)
Although the Rabbits lost a close tennis match against Dunster, things could have been much worse if Sarah Moshary and Nimi Katragadda had not responded to an open request and thus prevented a Leverett forfeit. * The A Volleyball game against Eliot went to the third game, but Andrew Wong’s solid serving helped the Rabbits emerge victorious. * In a dramatic game against Quincy, Leverett’s
frisbee team rallied to push the game into overtime, where they lost by a single point. Rupak Chakraborty showed his talent with a number of scores and key defensive plays. * Nicole St. Omer Roy stepped in as a setter for the B Volleyball team, performing admirably as the team improved through the night, though not quickly enough to defeat their Adams opponents.
Announcements
The River Run is this Saturday! Last year Kirkland had 70 people there—let’s top them. The race is a short (1.7 mi) loop starting at the Newell Boathouse. Men, meet at 9:30 am in the dhall to jog down and warm‐up for your race at 10; women, meet at 10 for your race at 10:30. Come!—it;s
always a blast, and Leverett needs you.
•Coffee with a View: Prof. Harry Lewis –
Tues 4:30 (SOCH Penthouse)
•NFL Recruitment – Tues 5:00 (Ticknor Lounge)
•Sex Ed 101: Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask – Tues 7:30 (Ticknor Lounge)
•An Inconvenient Truth Screenings and Discussion – Tues 8:00 (Lowell JCR, Barker Ctr, Currier Bingham)
•Harvard Sustainability Celebration – Wed 3:00 (Tercentenary Theater)
•Superheroes Dance Party – Fri 10:00 (Lowell d‐hall)
•Studio Time – Sat 12:00 (Adams ArtSpace)
•HSBSE No Steppin’ Step Show – Sat 7:00 (Lowell Lecture Hall)
Message from the Chief
The Student‐Faculty Dinner coming up next Monday (10/27) is a wonderful way to get to know a faculty member better. We go all‐out in the Masters Residence and the Dining Hall to make them very special evenings. Just invite your faculty member and fill out the questionnaire on your Lev facebook page to participate! Of course, if you don’t invite a faculty member, you will not be able to eat at Leverett that evening. So what are you waiting for? Invite your faculty member and fill out your questionnaire today!
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~Co‐editors for Hare Today~
Jessica Caplin, Maeve Wang, Linda Yao, and Sam Jack