Word: commons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harvard Union of Student Officers (HUSO) is a new forum bringing together student leaders to work for common goals and preserve institutional memory...
That's not surprising. While watching the Geogetown-Illinois basketball game in a fraternity common room, the camera panned across Black faces on the Georgetown bench. One member yelled out "Twenty years for armed robbery, 25 for murder, 10 for rape..." to raucous laughter from the brothers...
Then I remembered why I went to Harvard. I do not deny that racism and homophobia exist on this campus. But there is a difference. Here, intolerance is intolerable. A racial slur in a house common room at Harvard would draw instant condemnation. At Duke, I saw racist, sexist and homophobic sentiments accepted--and even encouraged--in fraternities...
According to Truong, HUSO's purpose is four-fold: to provide student officers with a forum for communication, to create an officers' support group, to create a mechanism for organizations to exchange news and agendas and to coordinate action on common issues...
First-year Coach Barry Haskall's pre-season emphasis on fundamentals and consistency was apparent in the Myrtle Beach series. The common denominator in each Crimson outing was flawless defense and spectacular pitching by Polikoff and Fromholz...