Word: eyeful
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...Brown, co-op houses hold invitation-only naked parties-the only distinction from a normal party being that everyone is in the buff. "There is a lot of eye contact. No one wants to be caught checking someone else out, so everyone just looks each other in the eyes exclusively. There is, however, a lot of across-the-room gazing at people," admits junior Jonathan C. LaRosa. In addition, the hosts provide body paint for public consumption: "Most of us stuck to the above-breast area and above for painting a girl, but some people were into some crazy shit...
Although the article concerns the case of journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal, currently on death row in Pennsylvania, the real argument here is about the death penalty. The phrase "Mumia should fry" illustrates unadulterated, bloodthirsty vengeance, based on the Old Testament law of an "eye for an eye...
Gandhi clearly refutes this philosophy with his statement: "an eye for an eye will make the whole world blind." The desire for vengeance should be overcome by civilized humanity and is no basis for the death penalty. Executing a person for committing a crime is morally wrong...
Finally, the report raises a crucial point about the need for better representation of concentration tutors in all the houses. Especially since randomization, now that students can no longer pick their houses with an eye towards strong advising in their area of interest, masters should be careful to hire a cross-section of concentration tutors to back up the departmental advising and listen to the requests of students in this vein...
...interested in offering courses that simply appeal to students, but I'm happy to have a large group. I try to structure the course to meet interests and needs while doing justice to the material. But, yes, I chose a spiffy title. It was meant to catch their eye...but the readings are not meant to capture a market. It's a very appealing topic! It's just fascinating. We're all fascinated with consuming, and we haven't approached it intellectually...