Word: comps
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...those who dream of becoming literary titans, the terror of the comp awaits. Although many are told that "comp" is short for "Competence." Anyone who has ever comped can give you a number of other possible origins for the word, including "complete nervous breakdown," or "compulsory self-degradation...
Indeed, there is perhaps no more humbling experience in the world than taking one's first comp piece to his adviser. Line by line, paragraph by paragraph, the writer is emasculated. The most one can hope for is a kind "This stinks," or some other system pathetic comment which does the job in one fell blow. Unfortunately, most compers are subjected to the slow method, slieing along word by word, phrase by phrase, with comments like "Oh, I don't know about this adjective," or "Have you ever really seen nuns wrestle...
...staff. "Or eleven editors," he complains, "nine are men...and four live in Adams House." In fact, we have tried persistently to be the least homogenous undergraduate publication at Harvard. Our editorial board, we have announced repeatedly, is open to any undergraduate who wishes to join, without any comp of any kind. But like many new student organizations, the Forum started with a staff of a few close friends. And although we came to Cambridge in early September to table freshmen, and although we postered throughout the fall for introductory meetings, not a stagle undergraduate--male or female--expressed...
...added that anyone may join the club and attend the weekly meetings. "We're open to freshmen, and we don't have a comp. We will get tee-shirts, since one of the major goals is publicity," Klein said...
...GLSA functions as a support groups and political organization advocating human rights. The Salient, by implying that GLSA is interested in 'recruiting' new members one the basis of their sexual prowess, shows that they have accepted as truth a pernicious and blatantly false stereotype. Even if there were a comp for GLSA, the qualifications would not be sexual but rather would include qualities such a open-mindedness, tolerance and a belief in the equality of all people...