Word: jocks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Alpha Males--Another error of previous taxonomies has been to preserve the outmoded category of the "jock." The Alpha Male embodies most of the same characteristics: he is loud, blockheaded, ill-mannered, boorish, rude, undereducated and dipsomaniacal. Not all "jocks" (that is, recruited athletes) are Alpha Males, and though most Alpha Males are recruited athletes, this is not always the case. The term Alpha Male refers to the species' mating prerogative; despite his simian qualities, the Alpha Male is a woman magnet. In any case, the rest of the herd is consigned to the status of beta-male...
While Kirkland has been traditionally known as a "jock" house--and is still comprised of about 35 percent athletes. Pfister said there is "not any reason to feel that the stereotype is true...
...have been a jock for five years now. It has always carried a stigma with it, but never so pronounced as it is now at the "diversity capital of the world." Just because I am what some would call big does not make me stupid. I am shocked about the treatment that some of us "jocks" receive. It may be true that athletics is a good way to get into Harvard, but is that necessarily a bad thing? If we are to be a truly diverse community, we must accept physical as well as intellectual and artistic abilities into...
...jock. I'm sorry, but it's what I am. It is what I will always be. That's just the way it is, and we have to accept it. Mr. Heller and Mr. White, accept me. Be glad that you can say you attend one of the most diverse schools in the nation. If you think our "jock problem" is bad, try Miami or Florida or Penn State. I think it will open your eyes to that fact that what we have here is one of the best schools in the nation. U.S. News agrees with...
Although "K. House" has been viewed in past years as a haven for undergraduate athletes, residents insist that randomization is bringing a swift end to Kirkland's days as a jock house...