Word: do-it-yourself
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...band, which was formed in Olympia, Wash., and took its name from a local road, has its roots in the Riot Grrrl movement of the early '90s, in which groups of young women, inspired by the do-it-yourself aesthetic of punk, started fringy rock bands, fanzines and discussion groups that focused on issues relating to women (sexual abuse, lesbianism, female friendship and so on). The group's first two CDs, Sleater-Kinney (1995) and Call the Doctor (1996), received raves in the rock press as part of the general media hype about feminist rockers, but those albums were slight...
Most book clubs, however, are informal, private affairs, chautauquas in a bottle. Sometimes aided by bookstore "liaisons," who often sell them books at a discount and may even provide a meeting space, these do-it-yourself salons offer a literary booster shot for people nostalgic for dorm-room bull sessions. Laura Srebnik, 42, is a New York City policy analyst whose group meets once a month. "I love it," she says. "I believe you have to set up situations where you can think about larger principles." A high-powered book club in Washington, started by Kenneth Brody, the former president...
...those interested in pursuing a career in the theater, Swados reccomends a do-it-yourself approach. While she would not advise against the pursuit, she warns against becoming a "passive victim of the theatrical system" and constantly waiting for directors, producers and actors to accept your material. Instead, Swados advocates creating one's own company and venue to get a piece of work performed. She argues that "theater can be made now by people who want to do it" rather than subjecting oneself to the "neurotic, cruel system" of "legitimate" theater...
Otherwise, Harvard's entire premise could disappear. Prospective students might have to start ranking it on variables other than prestige and its number one status. They might actually have to look at its variable teaching quality, its massive classes, its do-it-yourself atmosphere. They might have to consider Harvard as a place, rather than Harvard as a name. And that would be just too un-Harvard for words...
...tough to navigate online systems. "Between New York and Chicago there are over 300 fares at any given point in time," says Roger Ballou, president of American Express Travel RelatedServices Group. "That's just the airlines. Then there are hotels, cars and everything else." Still, travel experts predict that do-it-yourself ticketing, which accounts for less than 5% of all airline reservations, will grow rapidly as more Americans turn to their computers...