Word: affectivity
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...good old days of the last century, the years before the collapse of the economy and the World Trade Center towers, political discourse in the U.S. was, too often, rutted in issues that didn't affect the lives of most people. They were important moral and symbolic issues, to be sure. And they were difficult issues, although their subtleties were obscured by extremists, who tended to dominate the debate. Still, the people directly affected by the so-called social issues - abortion, gay marriage, racial preferences - pale in comparison with the tens of millions who have lost their jobs and fortunes...
...Since budgets are still uncertain, most Masters remained hopeful that changes to House life would be minimal and said they would oppose implementing a 25-percent budget cut if that were to become a formal mandate. Losing a quarter of House funds would “drastically affect daily life in practice,” Pertile says...
...It’s beyond me whether that has been the consequence of the administration or failed communication on the part of the UC—those issues include J-Term and budget cuts.”Flores readily acknowledges that she was forced to work to affect policy after decisions had already been made on both issues, but cites as the reason what she says is a lack of prioritization of student opinion in decision making.“It isn’t a choice. I’m only capable of being reactive and not proactive...
...McCarty writes in an e-mail that the planned reductions would mostly affect teaching assistants from outside of Harvard, and that any cuts to CA employment would be roughly the same size as usual yearly fluctuations in hiring. Approximately 250 CAs are hired each semester, according to McCarty...
...from a couple terse e-mails from administrators. But recalling my roommate’s admonishment, and how I had felt immediately after the piece was printed, I began to wonder how so many of us have become conditioned to withhold our opinions when it comes to issues that affect Harvard. Indeed, as I stopped to think about it, I realized that nearly all of us have been silent for years on issues that go to the heart of the University. It’s a reticence that stands in stark contrast to how we act when expressing our views...