Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...forgo the social commentary for a moment about how this e-romance phenomenon reflects the sad state of Harvard's dating scene. Though, I can't help but observe that students here tend to bottle up their romantic energy until certain organized mass-releases such as when their house throws its annual "debauchery party" or "bare as you dare dance." Some may wait even longer, like until one week before their graduation...
...forgo the social commentary for a moment about how this e-romance phenomenon reflects the sad state of Harvard's dating scene. Though, I can't help but observe that students here tend to bottle up their romantic energy until certain organized mass-releases such as when their house throws its annual "debauchery party" or "bare as you dare dance." Some may wait even longer, like until one week before their graduation...
Despite a semester of clamor for more student group offices, theaters and social space, students won't find the fabled College Hall underway when they return Harvard in the fall. The best efforts of the Undergraduate Council and Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III have failed to convince administrators that a new student center is the only answer to the current space crunch...
Should he have been? Even a Kosovo hawk like John McCain complained that "most of the pork spending in this bill comes straight out of the Social Security trust fund," and arch-conservative Phil Gramm moaned that GOPers "say we want to lock up the money from Social Security, and then we sit idly by and watch it be spent." But TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan says that Clinton asked for the money for the troops, and there's no way he was going to be seen sending this check back. "He probably doesn't consider this version...
That's not to say single-sex education does not have it's drawbacks, notably the eventual period of readjustment to a mixed-sex environment. But I would argue that such pitfalls can be overcome, both with the "highly awkward social functions" mentioned by Chang and by integration later in life--interaction that is enhanced by the confidence and self-respect gained beforehand. The "self-esteem boost" provided by the single-sex environment is not a short-term benefit, as suggested by Chang. Rather, such self-assurance gained early in life can become a vibrant force for years to come...