The biggest addiction in college: skipping class. Part of my job as an Admissions Advisor at Eastern Washington University is to give presentations to visiting middle and high school classes that come to see what a college campus is like.
The Athenian Agora. The Agora of Athens was the center of the ancient city: a large, open square where the citizens could assemble for a wide variety of purposes. On any given day the space might be used as a market, or for an election, a dramatic performance, a religious procession, military drill, or athletic competition.
The agogo (or agogo bell) is an instrument of African origin (called gankogui, from Ewe ethnic group, Ghana). The agogo is presenting as a bell in conical shaped or truncated cone, in chromed or painted steel, usually in two or even three or four, linked together by a steel bent and welded stem. The agogo is one of the rare melodic instruments of the batucada with high pitched tones. The agogo player uses a stick to hit the bells, but can also use the clashing of bells between them by pressing with the carrier hand to fill the rests (with mixed sticking ).