Word: elitist
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...could imagine a direct correlation between the tracks of a recording and the paragraphs of a book. Comparing word snippets to playlists is cynical propaganda, or at best an error in logic that could only be made by a person who doesn't love and live with them both: Elitist and wrong, or ignorant and wrong, depending on your point of view. Musical playlists, like film soundtracks, are about using songs to create an aural atmosphere, a soundtrack for life. Listeners want to be DJs, and music moves fluidly between the public and the private. Reading, by contrast, is always...
...Much like the findings in the two previous reports on the lacrosse team, the new report found long-standing problems of campus discipline and said that the team "was seen by at least some part of the Duke/Durham community as a manifestation of a white, elitist, arrogant sub-culture that was both indulged and self-indulgent...
...Jane Doe case. Lattimore’s concern—that the media firestorm has played a major role in discrediting the alleged victim, an exotic dancer—has been substantially outweighed by the thorough vilification of the ostensibly rich, white, privileged team members and the elitist university they represent. Never have I heard a Duke student utter, “Well, she is a stripper.” Blaming the victim and using her occupation to destroy her credibility cannot be condoned. But typecasting 46 individuals as unsurprisingly racist rapists and juxtaposing them with a diligent student, single...
...think the real question is how they select faculty members, whether it’s done by democratic means or whether it’s done in an elitist way,” he said. The statement did not specify how the Corporation will select the members of the committees, but according to Harvard spokesman Joseph Wrinn, “There will be more to say on the subject shortly...
...stuff comes from within. Tarnoff hopes this will change under his guard. “It’s something the executive board members talk a lot about,” Tarnoff says. “I think occasionally the Advocate may have this reputation as being cliquish or elitist, and the editors these days are trying to encourage people to look beyond that reputation.” Tarnoff points to the upcoming Contest Issue, which will not include any work by Advocate members, as a good opportunity to expand the magazine’s talent pool. The Contest Issue...