Word: core
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...slumber party (minus the pillow fights). Students began to camp out in the library for days on end. This was particularly the case during finals, when Lamont junkies only occasionally left their desks to dash out for foodstuffs, or maybe a much needed shower. The truly hard-core students even brought Primal Scream to the library—a contingent of a dozen or so nudists conga-lined through the third floor. Some promising political careers died that warm spring night. And now that Lamont has a café, we will never have to leave. Our library now serves...
...Will you still persist if he does not resign? Yes, this movement is not just about Chen but about the core values of our society...
Today, white evangelical Christians (along with conservative Catholics) are the heart and soul of the Republican Party's grassroots base - a core following continually mobilized by a network of pulpits and media outlets that technology has only amplified. It is their issues - abortion, gay marriage, prayer in schools, intelligent design, Terri Schiavo, the posting of the Ten Commandments in the courthouse, home schooling, voucher plans, and the makeup of the Supreme Court - that often dominate the headlines and serve as one of the major fault lines in American politics. The single biggest gap in party affiliation among white Americans...
When I asked Obama about this, he began to answer before I finished the question. "There's a core decency to the American people that doesn't get enough attention," he said, sitting in his downtown Chicago office, casually dressed in jeans and a dark blue shirt. "Figures like Oprah, Tiger, Michael Jordan give people a shortcut to express their better instincts. You can be cynical about this. You can say, It's easy to love Oprah. It's harder to embrace the idea of putting more resources into opportunities for young black men--some of whom aren...
...undergraduate population changes each year, there can be no single moment to roll out the new program in its entirety. As a consequence, the classes of 2009 and 2010 will likely see their requirements change. Also, if the new curriculum is approved, what to do with the old Core requirements until the new ones are implemented will be an open question. Interim adjustment, reduction, and loosening of Core requirements will certainly affect current undergraduates’ experience. We should be wary of leaving these discussions to octogenarians who haven’t been undergraduates for decades...