Word: elitist
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...undoubtedly true that the slogan-chanting, building-seizing radicalism of 1969 is a thing of the past. And Epps, in his interview, appropriately notes that the movements for withdrawal from Vietnam and University divestment from South Africa were largely elitist in their sources and support: of the students who occupied University Hall in April 1969 (in the process of forcibly ousting Epps, then an assistant dean of students, from his office), "there was only one scholarship student," Epps informs us. Epps believes that the campus has seen two major cultural shifts: one in the late '60s, from a culture...
Less than a decade old, not officially recognized by the College and without a building to call their own, the Bee's low profile has led many to dismiss it as an elitist institution welcoming only those who can claim Phillips Exeter Academy or the Groton School as their alma mater or the women's squash team as theirprimary group of friends...
...ambition of the club is not be elitist,"she adds. "It's ambition is to be the exactopposite...
Faced with an elitist image and an increasingly upper-class student body, Princeton abandoned a policy like Harvard's for one that will convert some loans into grants and shrink many families' expected contributions...
...selfish one. I think I speak for many Harvard students when I say that I vote for council representatives to mediate between myself and the administration. Therefore, people such as Beth Stewart '00 concern themselves with the needs of the undergraduates. While Green frames the grape issue as elitist Harvard students acting selfishly, he is the one who appears elitist in claiming that the council's Student Affairs Committee "should voice student concerns" not only to the administration, but also "to the world...