Word: claiming
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Surrounding the news of the Administration's cut in blocking groups size floats a nebulous idea: "House community." The Masters say that large blocking groups allow insulation from it; critics of the administration claim that understanding it is critical to thinking about randomized housing. Had more Undergraduate Council candidates made it a main issue of their platforms we might have had a semester's discussion of House community behind us. As it stands though, "House community" seems the sentiment everyone loves to love but hates to examine...
There are also traditions of sustained activities involving a significant portion of House residents, like an Evening with Champions, Eliot House's annual figure skating benefit for the Jimmy Fund. If, as many claim, student organizations have replaced Houses as the primary student communities, House-based student organizations might be the best of both worlds...
WORCESTER--Senior quarterback Brad Wilford first staked his claim to the starting job last season against Holy Cross, guiding the Harvard football team to a 20-14 come-from-behind overtime...
...Federal Trade Commission and six states are nailing companies for bilking consumers out of more than $25 million through worthless credit-card "loss-protection" programs. Federal law already limits consumer loss due to unauthorized charges to $50, but telemarketers are talking up computer hackers and Y2K glitches. Some claim consumer-protection laws have changed, and others pose as credit-card employees who need to "activate" new protection features on your card. Don't give out personal information unless you initiated the contact. To file a complaint, call 877-FTC-HELP...
...conservatives, always so quick to deride the suggestion that racial minorities may still be victims of prejudice, seem ever so eager to claim that mantle for themselves. Last year, a group of conservatives held a "coming out" dinner, all but explicitly suggesting that being a conservative at Harvard was comparable to being a closeted homosexual. As one of the event's planners explained, "It's really just an event to show that there is a strong Republican community at Harvard and that no one should feel intimidated to share his or her political beliefs...