Word: affectedness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Even in low binge-level schools, where less than 37 percent of students engaged in binge drinking, those numbers were, respectively, 42 percent and 15 percent. "We should give the universities support [to counter bingeing] through the [non-bingeing] students who are negatively affected," said Dr. Henry Weschler, a School...
"When you have a large group of people eating together or living together, there is always the possibility that something like this can happen," said Sean Fitzpatrick, spokesperson for the state department of public health. "But it certainly is newsworthy when you have this amount of folks affected."
One type of statistic you won't find, however, is a listing of the academic performance of various groups within the general population. What is the average GPA of varsity athletes? Of Jegacies? Of certain racial groups which are affected by affirmative action?
"We shouldn't recognize any student groups until we recognize all student groups," Fine said. "The students' voice affected what happened today--Epps read what we said, and he did it."
"The bell was ringing but no one moved. Several people even came in to tell us about the alarm," said chemistry student Victor Chiappa '98. "I can definitely see how the alarm could have affected people's performance on the test."