Word: awkwardness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...average, upperclass students benefit 30,000 times each year from the distribution of free Lifestyles condoms, while freshmen continue to suffer through cold and awkward trips to CVS at 2 a.m. Harvard freshmen—stereotypically not the most socially nimble and suave pack—should not be burdened with the additional obstacle of locating contraception at the off-chance of sexual success while their older peers receive condoms in laundry rooms. In addition, timid freshmen’s unfettered access to condoms will eliminate the awkward and potentially prohibitive face-to-face interactions, which are often requisite...
...Common Casting," reads a chalked sign in the Loeb Ex’s black box theatre, a surreal room transformed by candy, a functioning green swing, and drum beat soundtrack. Returning actors greet one another with full body hugs, while nervous novices and first-years fret over potentially awkward interaction with strangers, especially when directed to act "sexual, but not explicit...
...just shock value for her. It’s like high concept entertainment. In some ways, the most neutral questions will prompt the most honest answers. I don’t think it’s good journalism to get people to say something because they feel awkward, make a gaffe, and that becomes news...
While this tendency to treat Wellesley students as less than women is common to male college students across Boston, most horror stories or awkward anecdotes concern MIT, prompting the creation of a facebook group called “For Better or Worse...I’ve Hooked Up With an MIT Frat Boy.” Wellesley’s close ties with MIT, ties which traditionally had been with Harvard, may be the cause of this...
...some women, Wellesley may be the best of both worlds. For five days a week, they are able to focus on their studies and extracurricular activities without worrying about awkward dining hall encounters with past hookups. When they leave campus, these women can pick and choose the elements of the Boston-area college social scene that most appeal to them. For the right kind of student, Wellesley can be a place where one is allowed to define womanhood on her own terms...