Word: outreaching
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...quote former IOP Director Alan K. Simpson, we do not ask people to take a "saliva purity test." Republican candidates for national office this past year, including President-elect George W. Bush and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), sought to broaden the outreach of the party to include those who previously may not have identified with the GOP. The Republican Party and the HRC do not and will not condition acceptance on any sort of litmus test. Our organization's goal is to motivate, educate and inspire students in the Republican cause, not to draw battle lines and divide students...
...Publicly, we chose not to present ourselves in that light," Kelly says. "We're heading in the direction of a more positive outreach group. We're awfully upset that final clubs have this nasty reputation on campus, and we hope for our members to be outstanding members of the community...
Travis F. Batty '02 opened his five-minute speech for the Presidency by distributing a two-page position statement outlining his ideas for the institute. He advocated increased outreach efforts within the Harvard community...
Public universities, though, could face legal challenges if they were to try recruiting more males. In California a strict anti-affirmative-action statute effectively precludes gender-based outreach. In Texas and Florida--both of which have largely abolished preferences in admissions policies--state officials say there are no special plans to lure more men. Many schools still try to balance programs historically dominated by one gender (like engineering and social work) by offering slots to underrepresented students. But that doesn't necessarily boost, say, the number of Hispanic males. And that has led some educators to skirt the recruiting rules...
McCarthy notes the group also started an outreach program to specifically target the problems McLaughlin outlined...