Word: fallings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...proctor meetings. Contrary to popular belief, the term "proctor" does not derive from the Greek proktos, meaning anus. Instead, it comes from the Middle English procutour, meaning "one who holds meetings until at least half of those present fall asleep." Our proctor--and this is not a joke--once took 15 minutes to tell us not to throw oranges out of our windows at passing administrators...
Somewhere near the shores of the Hudson River, there lurks a 3000-ft. boa constrictor that enjoys biting the Columbia football team every fall...
Nearly two years after a surge of student activism prompted an internal review of hiring practices, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) this fall will finally get down to the nuts and bolts of improving its affirmative action efforts...
...proposed rules, prompted by a series of disrupted campus speeches, have been under review by the general counsel's office and should be voted on by the faculty this fall...
...social engineering was necessary to ensure "diversity," and because the masters' plan was to be unequally applied to all the houses. But when the dean of the College reversed the decision in March, he announced his resolve to forge a consensus on a better plan to enforce diversity this fall. As well he should. Not wanting to live together is not the answer to the problem of pluralism...