Word: elitists
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...question the fairness of a system which sponsors an "elitist" graduation ceremony for its students. Is Harvard trying to uphold its image of being an exclusive institution? I may sound idealistic, but after paying more than $70,000 to attend the university that has the nation's biggest endowment, cannot the events of graduation be complimentary, an award for having achieved an undergraduate education...
...practice of "hazing" at these Black fraternities and sororities is a tradition that goes almost as far back as the existence of many of Harvard's elitist final clubs. The Black groups go back to the time of collegiate segregation, which unfortuantely, is not so far back for Harvard. They were started at some of the nation's oldest universities, such as Fisk and Tuskeegee. These organizations survived in the face of great societal injustice and provided Black men and women with a place to belong...
...East, students seem to be working harder than they are; here the kids are working harder than they seem to be," observes Kennedy. Western students, he adds, "have a less passionate concern for politics and high culture. There is a natural antipathy to what they see as an elitist dimension to high culture...
...Koran and the writings of Confucius can not be ignored, presenting new perspectives, and representing major literary and spiritual schools of thought. The fact that this country's Secretary of Education believes that societies and groups outside of mainstream Western life do not merit study by American students displays elitist bigotry at its worst...
...Index is also elitist, as Brown basketball Coach Mike Cingiser says. It favors those students who are able to buy a spot in an SAT class or go to private or prep schools geared toward preparing students for college entrance tests...