Word: context
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Classics concentrator Jennifer T. Stager '00 pointed out that while she was "in favor of making the translation more faithful to the original text, you have to concede something to the social context of the reader, who may or may not belong to that of the author...
Outside the context of contemporary art, the present debate surrounding Walker's work elicits even eerier deja-vu in light of the black literary tradition to which Walker owes so much. Over fifty years ago, Richard Wright argued against Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, claiming the book perpetuated stereotypes of blacks as "happy darkies" and minstrels. When asked about this parallel Walker answered, "The black arts community is still really young. We keep bringing up the same themes to trash each other...
...that can be ignored or brushed off, no matter how much of a "better" person you are than the person using it. But as I thought about it, I realized that it isn't the word itself that inflamed me, it was the history behind it and the social context within which it was used...
Great candidates are crucial because the Executive Director position is critical to PBHA. Although the article quotes me as saying "it doesn't have a really big impact right now," my point, when taken in full context, was that an Executive Director must be mindful of the healthy sense of autonomy PBHA student leaders enjoy exercising...
...regarding the housing assignment process with this kind of ambivalence, we limit the role of the upperclass House to a physical presence which exists for the sake of convenience. This should not be the case. Houses, especially in the University context, are supposed to transcend their mere physical presence by promoting a more cohesive sense of community and interaction. We are no strangers to this theme; it was, after all, repeated again and again at the race forum held last week...