Word: rejectionism
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As the academic year continues, we are yet again beseeched by the UC to contribute $75 to the Student Life Fund. Problem number one: The Student Life Fund no longer funds student life (Thanks Pilbeam!). Problem number two: Now you have to send in a hand written letter in order...
It could have been worse. That was the preliminary judgment in foreign markets as indices in Asia and Europe posted moderate declines - and in some cases modest growth - on Tuesday. Although Congress's rejection of the $700 bailout plan engendered some jitters on markets around the world when they opened...
Reconnecting with classmates often offers a second challenge. Having attended Harvard-Radcliffe in a different time, many LGBT alumni were not “out” as undergraduates. Coming back can mean having to come out all over again and potentially have a set of awkward conversations and even...
Shira Gabriel, a psychologist at the University at Buffalo, conducted a series of three studies on celebrity worship, focusing specifically on how admiration from afar may affect the admirer's self-esteem. "It was seven or eight years ago during the Michael Jackson trial," she says, "and I was fascinated...
It turned out that the students who initially scored lowest on the self-esteem scale scored much higher on the second test - almost as high as those who started out with the highest self-esteem scores - after they wrote about their best-loved celebrities. "Because people form bonds in their...