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Darnall residents and other north-campus denizens like Amelia Santos (COL ‘25) have been able to watch the progress made on the new Medstar medical pavilion that’s been under construction for as long as anyone can remember. In fact, the project has been impossible to ignore – “The noise never stops, and the trucks are everywhere. They keep adding cranes, and the building has gotten…weirdly tall” said Santos, “Like, almost too tall.”
Suddenly, chaos. “I was supervising the addition of another floor at the Medstar site when suddenly, the sky got dark and this loud voice that came from above said, ‘Behold, thou hast built a tower reaching to the heavens, therefore let us go forth and confound the languages of man!’” Evan Weber, foreman, told The Heckler. “I mean, I don’t even know what language I’m speaking right now!”
The theology department, who immediately recognized the parallels of the day’s events to the Biblical story of the Tower of Babel, responded to the devastating crisis with intense prayer and a veritable zoo of animal sacrifices. One can only hope that the number of rats the construction site has drawn to campus can help fuel these attempts to win back the favor of an Old Testament God and have everyone speaking the right languages again.
Жители Дарнелла и другие обитатели северной части кампуса, такие как Амелия Сантос (COL ’25), имеют возможность наблюдать за ходом строительства нового медицинского павильона Medstar, который находится в стадии строительства столько, сколько кто-либо себя помнит. На самом деле, этот проект невозможно игнорировать – “Ο θόρυβος δεν σταματά ποτέ και τα φορτηγά είναι παντού. Συνεχίζουν να προσθέτουν γερανούς, και το κτίριο έχει γίνει… παράξενα ψηλό,” сказал Сантос, “Σχεδόν πολύ ψηλός.”
Внезапно – хаос. “Valvoin Medstarin työmaalla toisen kerroksen lisäämistä, kun yhtäkkiä taivas pimeni ja ylhäältä kuului ääni, joka sanoi: “Katso, sinä olet rakentanut tornin, joka ulottuu taivaaseen asti, lähdetään siis liikkeelle ja murskataan ihmisten kielet!’” Эван Вебер, бригадир, рассказал изданию Хеклер. “En edes tiedä, mitä kieltä puhun juuri nyt!”
Кафедра теологии, которая сразу же распознала параллели между событиями этого дня и библейской историей о Вавилонской башне, отреагировала на разрушительный кризис интенсивной молитвой и настоящим зоопарком жертвоприношений животных. Остается только надеяться, что количество крыс, которых стройка привлекла в кампус, поможет поддержать эти попытки вернуть благосклонность ветхозаветного Бога и заставить всех снова говорить на правильных языках.
Darnall residents and other north-campus denizens like Amelia Santos (COL ‘25) have been able to watch the progress made on the new Medstar medical pavilion that’s been under construction for as long as anyone can remember. In fact, the project has been impossible to ignore – “Ο θόρυβος δεν σταματά ποτέ και τα φορτηγά είναι παντού. Συνεχίζουν να προσθέτουν γερανούς, και το κτίριο έχει γίνει… παράξενα ψηλό,” said Santos, “Σχεδόν πολύ ψηλός.”
Suddenly, chaos.“Valvoin Medstarin työmaalla toisen kerroksen lisäämistä, kun yhtäkkiä taivas pimeni ja ylhäältä kuului ääni, joka sanoi: “Katso, sinä olet rakentanut tornin, joka ulottuu taivaaseen asti, lähdetään siis liikkeelle ja murskataan ihmisten kielet!’” Evan Weber, foreman, told The Heckler. “En edes tiedä, mitä kieltä puhun juuri nyt!”
The theology department, who immediately recognized the parallels of the day’s events to the Biblical story of the Tower of Babel, responded to the devastating crisis with intense prayer and a veritable zoo of animal sacrifices. One can only hope that the number of rats the construction site has drawn to campus can help fuel these attempts to win back the favor of an Old Testament God and have everyone speaking the right languages again.
