Word: habitant
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...start by addressing Upton's concern that the Senior Gift is an attempt to brainwash students into supporting the University out of habit. Rather, it is a campaign to educate seniors about the necessity of alumni contributions and to raise money for our class's first gift to the College...
Knocking down American patriots is getting to be a habit for the men's volleyball team...
Knocking down American patriots is getting to be a habit for the men's volleyball team...
...wants us to give to the Senior Gift for symbolic reasons. First, the Development Office hopes seniors will give now and so begin a "pattern of giving" that will continue throughout our (presumably long and prosperous) lifetimes. The idea is that donating to Harvard now gets you into the habit, and before you know it, you're writing a check every year...
This makes sense from the perspective of the Development Office, which wants nothing more than money. But chances are our interests as students and as prospective donors don't coincide with theirs. While it's nice for Harvard if we get into the blind habit of writing the institution a check every year, why would you want to essentially sign away a piece of your rational decision-making capacity to the force of habit...