Word: disinterested
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Charles Darwin was a lackluster student whose disinterest, first in medicine and then in divinity, disappointed his father. But as the unpaid naturalist aboard H.M.S. Beagle, he was overcome with a rapacious curiosity that inspired him to make keen observations and meticulous notes, which he developed into theories that changed the course of scientific thought...
...perennial problem with our student government is student disinterest. Voter turnout for the presidential election is less than 50 percent. Each year the council wonders how to increase the tie between the undergraduates the governing body that "represents" them. Perhaps a regular corner in The Crimson? Maybe each member should hold office hours? A newsletter published on the web? All these suggestions to no avail. The majority of students remain blissfully ignorant of what exactly the council does...
Despite the dramatic increase in the quantity and prominence of the media's political coverage in recent weeks, voter apathy and disinterest remains unaffected, according to a report released by the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy...
First, we are extremely politically apathetic. Many of us did not even bat an eyelash when we exercised our democratic right by voting for the Undergraduate Council president last month. We clicked a few arrows to register our choices with the same disinterest with which we renew our library books. The election came and went, without an effective debate among students about campus-wide initiatives, structural changes or reform...
...currently authorized to use the whole spectrum of illegal substances in controlled laboratory tests. Federal officials say the government, which provides $250 million for universities to buy the drugs, doesn't do much to find out what's happening inside the research facilities. Whether this lapse is due to disinterest or bureaucracy, the results can be deadly: Last April, University of Minnesota researcher Dr. Keith Kajander died from an overdose of cocaine. Although his proposals never mentioned using the drug in his research on pain, Kajander had been permitted to purchase at least 80 grams of cocaine since...