Word: fittingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...withdraw for "inappropriate social behavior." Apparently this is the rubric my "crime" falls under. But who is to define what is "socially acceptable behavior"? Where and how are the boundaries drawn for what is "socially acceptable"? De facto, the Administration retains the right to punish anyone as it sees fit. The Administration makes great use of its power to punish students for "inappropriate social behavior"--last year, this category justified 33 of the 54 disciplinary actions taken that were more severe than admonishments...
...back to his childhood. An awkward, slightly overweight, and very unathletic tyke, Clinton was out of his element in Hot Springs. Not only were these traits obstacles to childhood and adolescent acceptance, but his social life was also hampered by his glowing intellect: Clinton was just too smart to fit in. His only recourse was surely his personality, and what a personality it was. Recognizing this talent, Clinton developed at a young age his easy-going, affable, glib, hail-fellow-well-met attitude that has so characterized him for years...
...course the rankings are pretty subjective, as the critics claim. But U.S. News and World Report perennially ranks services and institutions from hospitals to mutual funds and they should continue to make up lists as they see fit. Opponents of the rankings also assert that they are "taken as dogma" by and exert undue influence over students, employers and the general public...
Barnicle claims that the students Baker offended are "rude, spoiled elitists." If Barbicle had the slightest shred of common sense, he'd realize that students who spend their weekend hours working probably don't fit the stereotype of filthy rich debutantes whose ancestors all attended Harvard. His column is yet another example of the irate and irrational Harvard-bashing which is all too popular in the local press. Barnicle also seems to have based his column solely on Baker's account of the incident. Even lowly reporters and columnists at The Crimson know better than to go to press with...
...definitely feel that people are trying to help people empower themselves," he says. "They're introducing people who wouldn't fit that traditional environmentalist community to the environmental movement and helping them realize that they can make a difference. Half the battle is just showing them that they have the power...