Word: norms
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...conform to their attackers’ conceptions of “maleness” or “femaleness.” You don’t even have to be transgender to be a victim; you just have to look different than the stereotypical male or female gender norm. It absolutely happens at Harvard, and those who would feign blindness on the issue need to realize that people they know are victims...
...intolerance and let them whither away. Recently a Muslim student was chided as a “filthy Jew-hater” by a woman near Lamont Library. Rather than exacerbating the incident, she simply called the police and acknowledged that the isolated event did not reflect the norm at Harvard. Whoever uttered those hateful words did not face harsh rebuke by the student body, but just deafening silence that marginalized her more than any rally ever could...
...professional, and it never tries to be something it isn’t. Oh, I don’t know, see it for yourself. But bring booze when you do! I’d recommend a bottle of the finest Scotch whisky you can find, in honor of Norm Macdonald’s gloriously unnecessary Scottish supporting character...
...foisting the blame off on the EC is the easy way out, and it doesn’t account for the platform discrepancies that have become the norm, if not the rule, over the last few election cycles...
...People actually stay on campus for the weekend: I’m thankful that going home for Thanksgiving is special because it’s not the norm to leave campus on the weekends (Think “commuter-school”). It’s nice to go to a college where I’ve started to call my dorm “home”, where my housemates have become a second family, and where I feel disheartened even leaving for a few days...