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This combination of decades has left us disillusioned and scared. We’ve been shown that safety and stability are fleeting—a reasonable reaction to the time that has shaped us. And given this attitude, it seems natural that we should flock to institutions of stability. Career tracks like banking, medicine, consulting, or even Teach for America, which offer clear hierarchies, defined processes for application and advancement, and steady pay, appeal to our generation to a degree never before seen...
Candidates flock to fill these positions because of “a very strong desire to be part of a residential community,” said Lowell House resident tutor Van C. Tran...
...after the two had worked closely for many years in the Vatican doctrinal office. The Secretary of State job has enormous responsibility, essentially serving as Vatican Prime Minister, charged with making the wheels of the billion-strong church turn smoothly, while the Pope focuses on being shepherd to the flock and teacher in chief. Though well liked, the tall and bespectacled Salesian from Italy's northern Piedmont region has not been getting good reviews. "Bertone is a disaster," a Vatican official told me before the latest public brouhaha. "He doesn't have a sense of how things work outside...
...began, hesitating as she turned to Classics Professor Richard F. Thomas. Faust then proceeded to deliver the full translation of the traditional welcome, which reads, "in order that he/she may be counted among our flock," and Thomas approved the translation...
...students feel the need to consume large amounts of alcohol quickly at pregames before going out, as the availability of alcohol at events on campus is scarce. The College maintains a strict policy of prohibiting those under 21 from drinking at parties in upperclass houses. In response, students often flock to unsafe and unmonitored locations to drink, such as final clubs. Instead of acting as though underage drinking does not occur, the College should do its best to foster safe drinking environments for its students...