Word: discontentedness
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Gans said the decline in voter turnout can be directly attributed to a discontented populace.
Take heed, members of the council, of what your Russian counterparts learned the hard way: "camaraderie" cannot be created from above, but rather bubbles up from below through meaningful dialogue and realization of common ends. Spirit Week may momentarily amuse the proletariat. But our lovable student Politburo should get moving...
"What struck me about Harvard," said Jedediah S. Purdy '97 in an interview last week with Fifteen Minutes, "was how many people were basically dissatisfied with their academic experience...and in many cases quite discontented with their Houses and basically with everything Harvard was supposed to be doing."
The notion that students might be somehow discontented at Harvard is not a particularly radical idea. Nor is it worthwhile to pursue the topic without refining such vague generalizations. Still, Purdy's remarks may be illuminating when placed in the broader context offered by his recent book, For Common Things...
The one chant that protesters repeatedly returned to yesterday, and perhaps the real message of the day, was "Hey Harvard, hear the word: student voices must be heard!" If anything, the rally seemed to show not so much passion for the three issues spotlighted, but the surfacing of general rumblings...