Word: sectioning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...seated at the Beanpot in the second row of the section directly adjacent to the band with my roommate and my father. What we witnessed was not only disheartening but was approaching disrespectful and flagrantly apathetic. The criticism of the band not playing "10,000 Men of Harvard" while a photographer was injured is not valid. However, other criticisms such as the band taking almost the entire second period off for a soda and a nacho break are completely valid...
...seemed to become almost spiteful, displaying some of the most outrageous behavior I have ever witnessed by any school band. For example, one fellow in the front row put down his instrument and took up a newspaper, reading while the game was being played. Another woman in the middle section of the band put down her instrument and proceeded to work intensely on her knitting, again while the game was in progress. Moreover, just after a goal was scored by B.U., placing Harvard behind 3-1, they decided to perform a song to rally the crowd and "support" our team...
...support from our band. I remember leaving the Fleet Center with my father and my friend, all three of us shaking our heads in disgust and embarrasment, complaining about the obnnvious lack of passion, and even interest, exhibited by the band members. Perhaps next time the much coveted first section seats at the Beanpot which are given to the band could be used more effectively if granted to some exuberant and animated fans. --Thomas Livelli...
This good-stuff-for-cheap mentality pervades the suburbs. In a country where getting a bargain is a matter of personal pride, stores like Price Club and Tuesday Morning abound. Only the most snobbish of shoppers are embarrassed when they see their acquaintances in Price Club's bread section, buying garlic-and-parmesan baguettes for a dinner party...
...explicitly protected. By urging the University to adopt a legal policy towards individuals who wish to transcend their physical characteristics in forming identity, the UC is leading the way into both intellectually and practically convuluted territory. The Council would spend its time more effectively addressing issues such as section sizes and core reform...