Word: outletting
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...Certainly, the notion of confessing secrets is not a new one. Public confession has existed for centuries, in a range of cultural traditions, though in recent years, society’s penchant for it has really picked up steam. In the new millennium, for instance, cyberspace has provided an outlet for confession. Not only have things like blogs and online diaries become popular, there exist sites whose express purpose is confession. The website PostSecret.com became well known earlier in the decade for publishing postcards from people confessing deep secrets. Yet PostSecret provides the option for the public confession...
...engagement at research universities. Written and edited by Timothy K. Stanton and published at the University of California, Los Angeles, the report comes out of a partnership between Campus Contact, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting civic engagement on college campuses, and a network of interested academics. Harvard provides outlets for civic engagement through organizations like the community service-focused Phillips Brooks House Association and the Institute of Politics, but some question whether the University should have a more active role in promoting it. Government professor Robert H, Bates said he believes that Harvard should place a stronger emphasis...
...thought to speak louder than words, Natasha S. Alford ’08 has proven the power of words to spur action. Growing up, Alford attended an inner-city high school in Syracuse, N.Y. where she became known for achievements in oratory competition. Unable to find a formal outlet at Harvard for her love of language, she decided to instead use her speech-making skills to help give voice to the causes she cares about. One of the inaugural interns at the Women’s Center, Alford has worked to create a sense of solidarity within the female community...
...lightning (literally), becomes possessed with an “insatiable desire” to listen to and compose classical music; the elderly woman haunted by vivid “musical hallucinations” of lullabies from her childhood; the Tourette’s patient who finds an outlet for his tics by playing the piano; and the severely amnesiac musician who, despite having only a seven-second memory, can still find peace of mind by playing music. Sacks treats all these cases with a mixture of compassion, humor, and curiosity. He is especially careful not to turn his patients into...
...were elected to congress in 1980, and spent several years as a closeted homosexual in D.C.—a decision that was supported by many of your advisers who feared that your sexuality might imperil your career. Throughout those years, what was your outlet? You held that secret for so long...