Word: disregard
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...examples cited by Ben-Shachar if anything contradict his argument. Fore example, he claims that the Oklahoma bombing of last spring was the end result of the "continuous denigration of government officials." In Ben-Shachar's ideal word, political criticism apparently is not protected speech. Explosives and a deranged disregard for human life--and not words--destroyed the federal building...
Were this an isolated incident, we would be shocked, saddened and unsure of how to proceed. The fact that PBH mobilized thousands of students for Thursday's rally shows what we already know: this is but a single example of administrative disregard for student opinion. The administration has consistently failed to take student concerns seriously for the last 20 or more years. While 90 percent of the student body opposed randomization, the policy was approved without student representation on the deciding body. The fact that a decision so important to student life was made without the input of students...
...small group of students huddled in the cold in front of University Hall yesterday. They had gagged themselves with strips of cloth--symbols, they said, of the University's disregard for their voice in the choice of Judith H. Kidd as the new assistant dean for public service...
Neither the Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA) not House and Neighborhood Development (HAND) sponsored yesterday's protest, which was inspired not only by the Kidd decision but also by the College's disregard for student opinion in making the recent move to randomize housing and reaffirming the College's unique final exam schedule, McCue said...
PBHA board members have said they hope to have 5,000 people present to protest what they call the administration's disregard for student input into the search process...