Word: peering
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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What about hotlines? We've all seen the vaguely witty signs, but do we call when in need? Any anonymous getting-it-off-the-chest? Does anyone dial those phone numbers? Room 13, traditionally the peer counseling group with the broadest focus, fields an average of two calls per night, according to a staffer. When Response--a peer counseling service that focuses on women and sexual issues--counted several years ago, the group was averaging one call per week...
...aren't the phones ringing? Why do students turn to the professionals and not call their friendly peer counselor? Maybe it is the very term "hotline." Though most peer-counseling groups also have rooms where people are welcome to drop by and talk, they are primarily defined by their phone numbers. And hotlines you call in a crisis, with "hot" issues. If you are just feeling down, it may be seem out of proportion to call one of these numbers. Conversely, you might call a hotline with problems that are itty-bitty--not worth a whole hour of your...
...make it! I spot movement behind a hole in the barricade ahead of me. Swiftly, surely, I take aim and blast the enemy with bullets. DIE YOU ROTTEN PIECE OF POND SCUM! The enemy creeps out from behind the barricade, raising his gun in defeat. Victory! I triumphantly peer over the top of my barricade--only to be greeted with a bullet slamming right into my visor...
...assistant to the senior tutor of Quincy House, I spend a significant amount of time talking with seniors about their plans, or lack of plans, for after graduation. Many of these conversations center around peer pressure, family pressure and even internal pressure to follow the well-laid recruiting path to a job in consulting or investment banking...
...pushing 60, Richard Serra is the John Henry, the steel-drivin' man, of American sculpture at the century's end. There are a few other sculptors of comparable distinction around--Martin Puryear comes to mind--but in the handling of heavy metal Serra has no peer; there, he is the most original figure since David Smith, who died more than three decades ago. It was Serra, with his ability to involve the human body as a participant in his work--demanding something more from a spectator than the sole act of looking, and yet harshly rewarding the eye as well...