Word: ocasio
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Even in those discussions, however, Ocasio rose to meet the more demanding criteria of a new leader for minority concerns...
...months of talks between student leadersand the Verba Committee before a report was issuedin March, "We got along quite well," Verbarecollects. The professor, who also directs theUniversity Library, says he respected Ocasio'scompetence as MSA spokesperson in presentingissues and demands...
According to friends and fellow MSA members,Ocasio's success is due in large part to anintuitive ability to strike a balance betweenwidely opposing viewpoints...
...Ocasio explains using his own experience, "Wehad our problems in high school too, and so whiledealing with the administration there it taught mehow to be strong and yet be reasonable at the sametime...
...Because the numbers are so low Harvard has toestablish a policy," Ocasio says, giving anelemental example. "But I know that Harvard mightfeel undue pressure because the quotas or numericgoals might sacrifice the quality and I know thatif I take such a hard line that they might nottake me seriously. So I might suggest somethingelse...