Word: okayed
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...both with equal seriousness.Verba’s work was a pivotal component of the effort to raise awareness on campus and encourage a shift away from the passive recognition of previous generations toward outspoken condemnation.“We were changing a whole culture in which it was okay to have dates with your students and it was okay to have long private conversations with female students behind closed doors,” said Putnam, adding that he now keeps the door open when he meets privately with female students.But despite the success in attracting new attention to harassment...
...Hasty Pudding Theatricals. If Harvard had made things easy for me, I might never have figured out that theater was one of the hobbies and not one of the passions. Like a massive lineman, Harvard doesn’t stop to make sure you’re okay when it knocks you down. It keeps running, and it’s up to you to figure out how to get up and get back in the game...
...sure that my mother would have preferred it, but I’m glad that you did, because that’s how the game ought to work. That’s also how the world works, right? So now I’m ready for it. Okay...
...Christian deity or even the almighty Mammon, but in the boundlessly optimistic idea that everything will make sense in the end. There’s enough gritty frontier fiber left in the national spirit for us to remain positive that everything will ultimately be okay. Recent events have done much to shake up that can-do conviction—but for now, precariously, it still holds...
...damaging in so far as it undermines individuals’ self-confidence and keeps them from even trying in the first place. The sheer sense of intimidation that many freshmen feel is incredible, and Harvard does not do enough to help students learn that it is okay to make mistakes. The exploration and risk-taking that should occur do not; GPA and perceptions matter and stifle openness...