Word: opinionizing
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...manufacturers to expel sugary drinks from school vending machines and substitute bottled water, unsweetened fruit juices, low-fat milk and sugar-free sodas. Clinton is setting a good example by using his influence to improve the quality of nutrition at U.S. schools. Although many American schoolkids are of the opinion that his campaign is futile, since sweetened drinks will still be available at after-school events, his struggle is the first step toward helping young people become health-conscious. I wish I had been offered healthful nutrition at my school. Jayanthiny Kangatharan Altena, Germany...
...janitors, who were, at the time, in contract negotiations with the University. By taking a position on the issue, the UC overstepped its bounds, first because UC representatives are elected without regard to their positions on such political questions, and second because the UC’s proclaiming the opinion of the student body on such an important community issue is beyond its role as a student government.The controversy blew over just in time for this year’s unusually tumultuous presidential elections, during which one campaign accused another of registering its rightful website address and student groups accused...
...hardest.“There is no other place to sit quietly in the afternoon,” complained one ’Cliffie to The Crimson in November 1955. “People used this opportunity to study together,” said another female.A 1956 Crimson opinion piece labeled the changes in parietals as a “curfew conspiracy.” House masters eventually revoked the 11 p.m. parietals extension during the football season, saying that the change would prevent drunkenness and vice. The same Crimson opinion piece alleged that “the Master?...
...were forced to commute from their homes in nearby Boston suburbs. A ROOM WITH A VIEW Despite the adjustments being made in the Houses, the Overseers’ 1955 report said that the crowding did not seem to bother undergraduates.“We are aware of the official opinion that the Houses are overcrowded and that an important element of ‘gracious living’ has disappeared on that account,” the report stated. “But we must report that on this score the undergraduates appear a good deal less concerned than...
...most Republican members of the House of Representatives, even the most vulnerable in this election year, are adamantly opposed to the Senate bill. Which raises the question, why would the politicians who should be most attuned to public opinion take a position so seemingly opposed...