Word: ponderer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Much of the credit, by all accounts, is due Henry Ponder, who took over as president in July 1984. At the time, Fisk was $4.1 million in debt, the price of bringing the dog-eared facilities back to minimum standards was put at $7 million, the creditors were beginning to feel litigious and the only remaining path appeared to be prayer. As Ponder recalls, "The morale was just in the pits, just in the pits...
Activists like Menon believe that their cause has succeeded in forcing Dartmouth students to ponder political issues, but leftists still believe that the issues are unimportant to most students. "The majority of students have been apathetic, and the majority of students still are," says Michael R. Williams, a member of the Dartmouth Community for Divestment and former president of the Gay Student's Association...
...taken for granted and then forgotten: it must be an integral part of our democracy which is based on natural rights. Because war entails such grave actions, failing to consider the reasons for it and responding only to national directives is inhuman. If an individual doesn't ponder his reasons to go to war he loses something of his self...
...Pulitzer Prize for criticism), the New York Daily News and, since 1981, for TIME. "When I'm writing about politics," says Henry, "I think about how it resonates with what's happening in the rest of society. When I'm commenting on cultural affairs, I ponder how they interact with the prevalent ideas in politics...
When setting reading loads, Cox says he tries to pay close attention to what type of material he assigns rather than the volume. "Many students and teachers think of all reading as the same. The gospels should be read very slowly; students should ponder and think about it," he adds