Word: commonness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...last Sunday we dragged ourselves out of bed and walked to the Common...
Next time, we played on the Common and got trounced...
Since academic life is strongly individualistic, faculty members are understandably wary of efforts to encourage more collaboration; any hint of regimentation encounters immediate resistance. Even so, we need more opportunities to address common educational questions, for problems that do exist that cannot be resolved in any other way. For example, everyone would agree that teaching students to reason carefully and systematically is an important aim of undergraduate education. Yet a survey conducted last year revealed that, despite the popularity of the Core Program, students felt that among the more than one hundred new courses, only two or three actually helped...
Rape is not the only form of violation. There are other, more subtle forms of attack. Sexual harassment is a common occurrence on college campuses. Counselors give several examples: What about the teaching fellow who insisted on giving you extra help? He scheduled a review section, neglected to inform his other students, and as a result you were the only one who came. You told your roommate about it, no one else. Or the woman down the hall who was assaulted in front of her entryway by a couple of drunk guys? The proctor, disturbed by the noise, came outside...
...Since the Yard belongs to all students in common, that symbol [of divestment] in the Yard should represent the views of all students," Kobach said. "Since it is common property of all students, it should represent the views of all students. I object to using the Yard as a tool for carrying a message that all students may not agree with," he said...