Word: auctions
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...Harvard's Hottest" date auction unleashed a two-week-long wave of contentious debate for the Class of `02. The premise: auction off dates with "desirable" first-years to raise money for newly established service organization, Boston Area Students Involved in the Community (BASIC). As highly charged emotions and bitter attacks on BASIC became the norm, one aspect emerged as particularly inflammatory. The implication was that the participants were the "hottest" that `02 had to offer. How could such a small group indiscriminately make this choice...
...cool and who's not. In founding BASIC, co-founders of BASIC, Stephen N. Smith `02 and Philip W. Michaelsen `02, have accomplished more than most first-years can muster. BASIC mobilizes Boston-area college students to focus their collective energy on community service projects. Furthermore, while the auction of the available frosh was a part of the evening's activities, the primary fundraising event was a fashion show. To some extent, BASIC's noble agenda and slightly less commodifying focus quiet those who ardently protest on the grounds that an auction is degrading. Still, the question of model selection...
...response to rampant criticism, Smith claims that "it's not really Harvard's hottest...that's just a catch phrase. It's about raising money for a service organization and having fun. I was even against the auction idea at first but you can't take yourself too seriously." Also, Michaelson expresses that part of the selection was about simple diversity. "It's not like we have quotas but we didn't want just blond hair and blue eyes." While the premises of this event still remain questionable, BASIC demonstrated an impressive sensitivity to varying standards of beauty...
...Harvard's Hottest" date-auction unleashed a two-week-long wave of contentious debate for the Class of '02. The premise: auction off dates with "desirable" first-years to raise money for newly established service organization, Boston Area Students Involved in the Community (BASIC). As highly charged emotions and bitter attacks on BASIC became the norm, one aspect emerged as particularly inflammatory. The implication was that the participants were the "hottest" that '02 had to offer. How could such a small group indiscriminately make this choice...
...cool and who's not. In founding BASIC, co-founders of BASIC, Stephen N. Smith '02 and Philip W. Michaelsen '02, have accomplished more than most first-years can muster. BASIC mobilizes Boston-area college students to focus their collective energy on community service projects. Furthermore, while the auction of the available frosh was a part of the evening's activities, the primary fundraising event was a fashion show. To some extent, BASIC's noble agenda and slightly less commodifying focus quiet those who ardently protest on the grounds that an auction is degrading. Still, the question of model selection...