Word: ruckus
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...dreams all run together. Feed the world. Make a joyful noise, raise a ruckus and millions of dollars. Lift a voice. Lend a hand. Come to Wembley Stadium, in London. Go down to John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia. Turn on the television. Be a part...
...contest allowed Konrad, a Yankees fan and former resident of Eliot House, to create a ruckus that...
...students are having just as much trouble finding fun on a Friday night as their College counterparts. After watching more attractive female undergrads sashay into Daedalus while they were denied entrance, two male HLS students called HUPD and the Cambridge police, alleging gender discrimination. Cambridge police responded to the ruckus in full force, dispatching two patrol cars and a paddy wagon in addition to a faithful HUPD vehicle. Upon the officers’ arrival, a mass exodus of the bar ensued. “I thought it was an ID raid. We bailed,” said a leggy sophomore...
...floor, and why should we only allow them at certain hours?” she asked. She suggested that North House allow men in the dorm between five minutes after noon and noon the next day-essentially leaving the door open 24 hours a day. Her proposal caused a ruckus, especially among the upperclasswomen who had grown comfortable with the rules and wanted to be safe to wander the halls in bathrobes...
Regardless of one’s opinion on President Summers’ recent remarks on women in academia, the resulting international media ruckus, presumably unintentional, has at least brought the issue to the attention of the general public. There is one major source of female under-representation that begins too early for university employment policies to affect directly: too many young girls are dissuaded from studying math and science, even by their own parents and teachers. More public awareness, beyond the confines of academic discussion, can only be helpful in tackling this much larger issue...