Word: ims
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Colorful IM bulletin boards in dining hall lobbies convey a friendly and low-key mentality that appeals to the reluctant athlete. Rah rah, go House, and maybe even win a game--that's what IMs should be all about. But in recent years, a separate attitude has emerged, proving the bubble letter construction paper sign-ups to merely be a part of the conspiracy. In reality, inter-House athletics are ruled by a vicious "take no prisoners" subculture that takes itself far too seriously...
...distinct "hard-core" IM mentality, incredibly intimidating for everyday athletic dabblers, emerges at most contests across the river and up at the Quad. According to Mike Giampaolo '00, IM competition gets pretty intense, partly because of the academic pressures students face throughout the week. While Giampaolo devotes most of his athleticism to varsity football and baseball, he also offers his services to the B-League basketball team. "Tempers really flare sometimes," he says. "People seem to use [IMs] as an outlet. They let their anger out on the court." True to Giampaolo's words, a thrown elbow in a recent...
...IM is used by hundreds of schools some of which can more easily afford to meet greater financial need. The real trick, Joyce says, is steering between the competing needs of large, affluent schools and others that are less well-funded...
...advisory committee has been meeting for three years examining the IM and is comprised of financial aid officers and economists. College Board staff members, like Joyce, sit in on the meetings...
Finally, at the national conference on financial aid this July, the new IM will be unveiled, in Hudson's words, "in all its glory and excruciating detail...