Word: mays
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Most often, that kind of subjectivity is what makes security a women's issue, according to some on campus. Fear of violence may be a universal undergraduate preoccupation, Zellweger says, but women's concerns about rape--about security in general--merit special attention...
Although the actual Science Center rape may have faded from memory, many women say, a lot of the consciousness of fear has not. And that consciousness results in habits like never travelling alone at night...
Inspector Edward Fowler said he was not sure what caused the fire, but he said faulty wiring in the kitchen ceiling may have been to blame...
Sunder's article, and perhaps some of our students, have chosen to view these discussions among ourselves with a peculiarly conspiratorial twist. By nearly universal consensus here, we have occasionally experienced instances of offensive or violatory behavior in the past. As Master Pfister's letter points out, these may well be isolated incidents, but they also color our perceptions and inform our concerns. Would anyone among us argue that it is reasonable or appropriate, for example, to demand a blow job for a bottle of Freixenet, or to call someone a "faggot" because he or she refuses to have...
Violatory incidents may be isolated, and they may be confined to the past. Our ongoing discussion presumes no present or future behavior, however, nor does it characterize all behavior in terms of excesses; it only serves to heighten awareness and to inform. At Kirkland House, we have chosen to engage in a continuing dialogue about such issues because we care enough about the well-being of our whole community to talk about it from time to time. Ms. Sunder's misunderstandings only serve to perpetuate the worst stereotypes of our house. The Crimson has chosen to portray as "dirty laundry...