Word: core
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...characters and themes. Theron notes: “I find a lot of times that element of humanity is kind of missing in these kinds of stories, and that so much focus gets placed on just the visual and just the futuristic aspect of it that the human core of it is always lost...
...Core’s greatest virtue—a required component in morality and ethics. Without such a requirement, the report, despite its best intentions, threatens to push the University in the direction of a value-free shopping mall. We’re all happy to see the Core go, and the proposed system of distribution requirements will likely lead to happier customers. But, even with beefed-up advising, the new system seems woefully unprepared to guide students to “grow in wisdom” as Dexter Gate encourages us to do.Perhaps it is impossible to reach consensus...
...like Hillary Clinton.But I love political trash, and Dick Morris embodies the genre. He has worked as a political strategist and pollster for a variety of colorful characters, including Bill Clinton, Trent Lott and, currently, FOX News—along the way showing he has no philosophical core. And even though tabloids alleged in 1996 that Morris sucked a high-priced call girl’s toes, he nonetheless collaborated with his wife, lawyer and former lobbyist Eileen McGann, on this book. As expected, Morris and McGann deliver another know-no-bounds personal attack on Hillary Clinton?...
Even though our system is a highly effective vehicle for social contact, there are clear ways we can improve it. For now, the answer lies within a reinfusion of programming within the Houses. A core of House Committees (HoCos) do a great job of providing party events, Stein Clubs, happy hours, and Harvard-Yale tailgates, but few take any sort of time to bring more structured events into the ouses. Every HoCo should create a position to work with House Masters and tutors to create a series of events in addition to the Senior Common Room events already arranged...
...this kind of rigorous debate that should be at the very heart of what the IOP does. The Institute should foster an atmosphere of dynamic political discussion, where students’ core beliefs are challenged and assumptions and prejudices are threatened. This is what political engagement means...