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Students asked not to eat smelly food in library to respect peers observing Ramadan
thecollegefix.com ^ | 06/06/2018 | Michael Jones

Posted on 06/06/2018 6:56:36 PM PDT by massmike

A whiteboard message at Oregon State University’s library asks students to try to avoid eating foods, especially smelly foods, in shared spaces to be considerate of those who are observing Ramadan.

The Muslim holy month this year runs from about May 15 to June 14. During this period, Muslims are obligated to fast from dawn until sunset. Presumably, the sign was made to encourage non-observers to not eat foods with strong smells because it would make Muslim students’ hunger worse, or that it might be disrespectful.

It is not unheard of for a university to work with Muslim students during this time.

During last year’s Ramadan, three University of Washington professors offered special exam times for those observing the tradition. The professors held their tests later at night to give the observers a chance to eat before taking their tests.

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KEYWORDS: oregon; oregonstate; ramadan
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To: massmike

They allow people to eat in a library?


21 posted on 06/06/2018 7:09:28 PM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: massmike

Ham sandwiches for all!


22 posted on 06/06/2018 7:09:42 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: massmike

Ruck Famadan!


23 posted on 06/06/2018 7:11:33 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: zipper

Ramadan is not a national Holiday.....nor is it listed as such. I’ll eat whatever I want when I want and if it offends a muslim they can always go back to their home country.


24 posted on 06/06/2018 7:11:50 PM PDT by caww
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To: massmike

Bacon in every library.


25 posted on 06/06/2018 7:12:00 PM PDT by Pelham (California, Mexico's socialist colony)
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To: massmike

Every time you pass a microwave, put in a bag of popcorn, press start and walk away.


26 posted on 06/06/2018 7:12:23 PM PDT by kdot
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To: TexasGator

I do NOT think people were eating in the library, I just think that is where the sign was.

We certainly were not allowed food or drink in the libraries.


27 posted on 06/06/2018 7:12:49 PM PDT by madison10
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To: TexasGator

Yep.

Libraries weren’t for eating.

But now that you bring it up, smelly food?

Exactly what sort of smelly?

Good smell, bad smell, burn your nose hairs smell? What?


28 posted on 06/06/2018 7:13:07 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: massmike

What, pray tell, constitutes a smelly food?
Liver and onions?
Garlic chicken?
Limburger Cheese?
Oh! It must be the bbq pork sandwiches or the meat loaf wrapped with bacon.
(heavy sigh)


29 posted on 06/06/2018 7:13:19 PM PDT by V K Lee (Anyone who thinks my story is anywhere near over is sadly mistaken. - US Pres. Donald J. Trump)
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To: massmike

Tough stuff.

I fast on occasion for one reason or another. I do not ask others to starve because of me.


30 posted on 06/06/2018 7:14:00 PM PDT by Jemian (Americans are dreamers, too.)
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To: Blue House Sue

No one eats in a college library?

I worked for decades in libraries - public and college - and people *always* eat in them. University libraries began including cafes and eateries over a decade ago. The patrons aren’t supposed to take the food out of the eatery and into the stacks or computer areas, but they do.

Even before that, we found leftover food all over the place.

(Another myth about libraries is that they are quiet places. They may have been once, but most haven’t been for a very long time ;-)


31 posted on 06/06/2018 7:14:53 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: madison10

Just reread.


32 posted on 06/06/2018 7:14:57 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1)
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To: massmike

Bacon isn’t smelly. I’m just sayin..


33 posted on 06/06/2018 7:15:31 PM PDT by Captain Compassion (I'm just sayin')
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To: massmike

How about Muslims not going to the library during Ramadan
and being repectful of other students eating their food?


34 posted on 06/06/2018 7:16:13 PM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small fee.)
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To: Rurudyne

“Good smell, bad smell, burn your nose hairs smell? What?”

We have a nice enough Indian (Asia) family living next to us. Around 4 pm every day though - the cooking smells are atrocious! Sometimes it even forces me from outside and back into the house.

I told my wife “Yeah - and the husband probably gets home from work, heads to the door and thinks ‘Yum - something smells good for dinner!’”


35 posted on 06/06/2018 7:16:17 PM PDT by 21twelve
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To: massmike

Screw em


36 posted on 06/06/2018 7:16:51 PM PDT by albie
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To: Electric Graffiti

LOL.


37 posted on 06/06/2018 7:17:36 PM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small fee.)
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To: rktman

Brings back fond memories of young brother. He LOVED those, until he found what they were - actual pigs feet. LOL How about hogs head cheese? Never eaten because the name is such a stomach turner.


38 posted on 06/06/2018 7:18:03 PM PDT by V K Lee (Anyone who thinks my story is anywhere near over is sadly mistaken. - US Pres. Donald J. Trump)
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To: massmike

Yeah so no gay pride homofascist marches on Saturday or Sunday or any day this month because it’ll offend any of several religions, thx bai


39 posted on 06/06/2018 7:19:14 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Spygate's clock began in 2015 - what did President Obama know and when did he know it?)
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To: massmike

I spent some short time on the freeway today behind a halal foods truck, and suddenly thought of “Invasion Of The Body Snatchers”.


40 posted on 06/06/2018 7:19:28 PM PDT by onedoug
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