Word: seek
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...expected, city councillor Jonathan S. Myers announced last week that he will not seek re-election this fall...
...would be difficult for Harvard to make the idea counseling less shameful, due to the nature of Harvard students. But with a stronger support system in the houses, perhaps fewer students would need to seek counseling, or at least they would be reassured by tutors that counseling is acceptable and then referred to a capable professional...
Some students do seek out counseling through UHS or the Bureau of Study Counsel, but because Harvard is such a high-powered, intense place where self-reliance is the highest virtue, saying you've sought counseling can be perceived as a sign of weakness...
...matter how diverse the population at the Bureau of Study Counsel or UHS [University Health Services] may be, there are always going to be people, even middle-American folks who feel that going to seek help is not something you do," said Alexandra Barcus, Lowell House senior tutor for six years. "That used to be very much the idea, that you never went to a psychiatrist...
...Myers said family concerns, not the outcome on the rent control issue, influenced his decision not to seek re-election...