Word: orientedness
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"Most of [the alumni] have a lot of happy memories," Haggar said. "Many of them went into business-oriented things. They look back and are happy to have been published. Some who did become writers remember it as the first place they were published."
"Avery is very directed," Turner says. "She is very goal-oriented, and she's very methodical."
"The rest of our community wasn't really [politically-oriented]," Kate says. "In high school she was editor of the yearbook; she took on leadership positions but they weren't as politically geared. It was harder for her to do that here."
Former dean of Undergraduate Education Lawrence Buell, a strong proponent of smaller, professor-taught courses, says he is concerned that many classes are becoming more oriented toward instruction by graduate students.
But the College must serve its students. It is critical that alumni who have a say in College affairs not forget the issues that made them passionate as undergraduates. They must work for student-oriented changes after they've graduated.