Word: actioner
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Bolen says the nearly random DataMatching doesnot have a particularly high success rate. Bolensays people rarely take action--the most he hasheard of is a friend who received calls from twoof the people on his list last year...
Public activism is only part of the story. The panoply of overused 90s buzz words--from "community action" to "political activism" to "service learning"--all refer to the same value. These words describe activities that reject the status quo (and the everlurking ambert). Many students here unconsciously harbor a rebellious nature, even while dining on fine china and staring into the grave eyes of John Adams, Class of 1754 or Charles Eliot, Class of 1853. In this every-other-week column, I will attempt to revive and unearth this modicum of resistance, buried within even the most apathetic Harvard student...
...says she has encountered few professors that look like her during her first two years at Harvard. She is interested in her ethnic heritage but has found few courses that explore South Asian culture, politics, history, literature and languages. Rather than settling for the Latin Middle Ages, Agarwal took action...
...case, as the first involving affirmative action for secondary schools to reach the Supreme Court, would have established constitutional precedent for schools around the country...
...unanimous decision on Feb. 3, the committee, which is the ruling board of Boston's public school system, bowed to intense public opposition to its tentative decision to appeal, saying the admissions policies may not be strong enough to clinch a victory for affirmative action...