Rage – /rey-j/ – verb –1. To lose self-control in an impassioned display of anger; “to hold sway with unabated violence” 2. To party hard; excessively enjoying oneself through the consumption of alcohol, music, and dance.
THE TREEHOUSE – Music, booze, sex and drugs. These are classical parts of a good party; ingredients, one might say, of an evening well-lived.
The Ha’Am staff gathered to take part in the now-traditional Ha’Am get-to-know-everyone kick-off event: a (randomly) exclusive party at the Treehouse, that mixed casual conversation, Matan-Lurey-fan-club political talk, beer games, and intense family bonding. The ten student protagonists arrived merely as associates, united together by a set of sarcastic profiles on an Internet blog, and they left as friends/beerpong teammates/family.
How did this happen, and what does it mean?
A party, whether it be a commemoration or a celebration, is a special opportunity for people to bond and break the bounds of estrangedness through shared interests, mission, credo, relationships, or fancies. What happened here was something quite different. People came together – people who were so loosely connected that we wouldn’t call them strangers – in the hopes of relating to one another and retroactively giving meaning to the get-together. Ha’Am arrived as a magnificent concept – a beacon for campus Jews and Judasim on campus – and left with all the energies of a tangible form.
Looking back at the event, I feel that it was a wonderful example of the power of music and dance, and boozing and schmoozing as tools to unite people who want to be joined; a party is almost the perfect excuse.
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Disclaimer: Ha’am does not endorse the consumption of alcohol, nor has it sponsored any parties or non-journalistic endeavors. The views expressed herein represent the individual author’s perspective on the matter as a report of the event. To the best of this author’s knowledge, all alcohol was consumed both legally and responsibly. Please drink and party sensibly.
Moses, this isn’t journalism, it is pure self-promotion. I’ve never read anything more pretentious in my life.
There, now you can’t say I never post.
SO true! thats the whole point every student group goes on retreats! a group that gets inebriated together works well together.
also typically having a rival group helps!
Haha you’re very right, Rachel. If there is ever a retreat, we will toast to your wisdom. Unfortunately, we have yet to encounter any entity worthy of being our rival 🙂
“Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once. ”
I’m not sure if a coward who not only hides behind the cloak on anonymity, but attempts to smear someone else’s name deserves a response.
I suggest you rethink your position on journalism.
ML
Why do you think he’s anonymous? His name is right there, right?
It sounds as much like Tzviven as it does Shakespeare, it’s more likely Helen Keller.
And I haven’t mentioned posting to him.
It is the internet after all and I am more inclined to trust in the Tzvi I know than some avatar.
ML