Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...time we are in our second or third year, our primary social circles are composed of people we have met through extracurricular activities and classes. Faced with a high-stress academic environment and constant demands on our time, it is these shared activities that have seeded our friendships. And as a result, our friends seem more similar to us than they are different, sharing many of our passions, interests, and social habits. Much of the College's diversity seems to be stripped away from us forever and it no longer seems appropriate to engage a random person in a four...
...college administration seems to be very aware of this problem. Its policy of randomization has been enacted primarily to ensure a diversity of residents in each of the undergraduate houses. But instead of enhancing the diversity of our college experience, randomization has forced many of us to limit our social circles even further, electing to reduce our multitudes of social associations into a single large blocking group that serves as the nucleus of our social world...
...would like to learn how to act, and I am sure there is a plethora of talented student actors that could show me the ropes. But I do not really know who those actors and artists are, and they don't know me. We are confined to the social circles we have already established, constantly wondering if the diversity of Harvard simply means that we have a better chance of finding people that are just like...
...happens: People drop out of Harvard. Last year 350 students, including those studying abroad, took voluntary leaves of absence. The Ad Board compelled an additional 20 students to withdraw for varying lengths of time; twelve for "inappropriate social behavior," the three for alcohol or drug-related "inappropriate social behavior," and five for "academic dishonesty." Only one of these students is for-bidden to return; most of the others will gladly come back when permitted. However, most people who drop out or take extended leaves of absence do so voluntarily. Then, of course, there are the cases of Matthew P. Damon...
...after three years for a lucrative record deal, still remembered her alma mater fondly enough to write in her 20th anniversary alumni book: "I've spent the last 20 years having the great good fortune of getting paid to play music I love and to raise funds for various social causes I belive in. No sign of having to get a day job yet." In 1997, she returned to Cambridge to accept the Arts Medal...