Word: fairness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...real world, I refer to an existence that hinges on a reality far removed from the first-year activities fair, sold-out Susan Faludi tickets, resume workshops, concentration credits and building common room partitions...
Lemann's argument, to be fair, is not that Americans should be judged by character in college admissions, but rather that college admissions should not be the defining test in a person's life. But here, again, he runs into problems. If, as Lemann suggests, we take the extreme view that people should always be judged by performance rather than potential, we must provide everyone with precisely the same opportunity to perform. But providing everyone in the nation with exactly the same education would be a disservice both to those who would benefit from more rigorous academic training...
There's nothing quite like sports to bring our entire campus together. The problem, however, is that Harvard students are notorious for being fair-weather fans. We ignore our losing teams and only take notice of our winning teams after they've accomplished a major feat on the national scale. Indeed, with the exception of certain Yale football and Princeton basketball rivalries, our bleachers usually don't need much cleaning...
...theory is that our athletic indifference stems from the increasing prominence of extracurricular activities, a trend that has taken attention away from our teams. Others have suggested that many of us don't have any school spirit, either because were too embarrassed or too cynical to be rooting for Fair Harvard. And, of course, it could be that students are just too busy...
...priority is not internal politics; it is electing Democrats in 2000," said Sanberg, who admits that his personal sympathies lie firmly with the Gore camp. "It's my job to promote the Democratic Party in a fair and equitable...