Word: meaninglessness
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...Kenny--who live in the small town of South Park, Colo. Obsessed by bodily functions, sometimes cruel but with a core of innocence, Kyle and Stan are modeled on Parker and Stone, while Cartman, the greedy fat kid, is a deranged fantasy figure and Kenny, who talks in meaningless muffled squeaks, dies violently in each episode (except the Christmas one). Kyle's exclamation, "Oh, my God, they've killed Kenny!," has become a catchphrase. The only sympathetic adult is Chef, the cook at the school, who drifts into a racy R.-and-B. number whenever he tries to give...
...adjective he chose to describe Lowell was "diverse." Such careless and meaningless use of language--of public relations euphemisms, to be exact--indicates the monolithic commitment to diversity among intellectuals today. Unfortunately, the intellectuals commit themselves only to specious diversity, to diversity they can quantify easily and trot out to belligerent students, faculty members and, most importantly, donors. They care little for true diversity, diversity of the mind and the soul. This short-hand diversity appears most clearly in the way intellectuals now defend affirmative action...
...challenge you to think of how many times you felt yourself performing a meaningless exercise such as regurgitating information for a paper. Now consider the other things that you may have done during that time and ask yourself if you really maximized your education by making the choice with your time that you did. I asked myself this question recently and decided that I have not, at all points, gotten the most out of the fleeting time I have spent here. Even if I have in general, in a life that will last an uncertain number of years...
...freshman defenseman Cory Murphy scored a meaningless goal for Colgate to make the final score...
...freshman defenseman Cory Murphyscored a meaningless goal for Colgate to make thefinal score...