Word: applaud
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...Having a gender-blind housing option for the senior class is not just an LGBT issue, but is much broader, and I certainly applaud the university’s decision to follow the lead of every other Ivy League school in having some kind of gender-blind option,” said Yale junior Benjamin S. Bernard, a board member of Yale’s LGBT Cooperative...
...thus derive the meaning from a show centered on fashion and style. To some it means “homosexual,” while to some it means “gay,” and still to others it may imply bi- or pan-sexuality. As such, we applaud the Queer Students and Allies’ recent decision to change its mission statement to include the more widely encompassing terms “questioning and allied students,” as well as QSA’s initiative to incorporate more ethnic and cultural identities into its work...
Moreover, the QSA would undoubtedly benefit from spreading awareness about queer culture and issues to the rest of campus. Positive public relations, especially in this time of tumultuous social change, is something from which the QSA could greatly benefit. We applaud the QSA in rewriting its mission statement to promote its goal of becoming a more open, inclusive community. Identity is a complicated entity, and this is a development that, if handled correctly, will hopefully lead to a more thorough and open on-campus dialog about issues of identity and sexuality...
...Energy Department will give an $8.3 billion loan in order to construct two new nuclear reactors in Georgia. Nuclear energy offers a cleaner alternative to fossil fuels as an energy source, does not produce greenhouse gases, and can help decrease the United States’ carbon footprint. We applaud Obama’s initiative to explore different power sources. Yet, as nuclear energy does produce radioactive waste that is difficult and dangerous to manage, we also encourage Obama to explore other alternative technologies that do not involve radioactive byproducts...
...minutes into the Pope's remarks, Kissinger heard this little patting sound, and he looked over, and there was a wisp of smoke coming out of Laird's pocket. The Secretary of Defense was on fire. The American party heard this slapping and thought they were being cued to applaud. And so they did. And Henry later told us, 'God only knows what His Holiness thought, seeing the American Secretary of Defense immolating himself, and the entire American party applauding the fact...