Word: socially
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Instead, the administration would like to try a little social engineering--mixing a few jocks here, a few minorities there, a few geeks everywhere--to produce the ideal diverse community envisioned by such visionaries as Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 and Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III. Who is to say that diversity is the ultimate good to be achieved through residency, especially at the price of sacrificing individual autonomy...
...idea for this plan originated out of the masters' concern for the high proportion of athletes in Kirkland House; they pretend this measure would be a solution. But how is diversity being defined? Are we seeking racial diversity, economic diversity, intellectual diversity, extracurricular diversity or social diversity? And why is it automatically assumed that a measure of randomness will produce the right distributions...
...going to happen. In addition to serious ideological liabilities (Nunn has been weak on civil rights and strong on nerve gas and SDI), each of the two faces personal obstacles. Compared to Nunn, even Dukakis bubbles with charisma, and there are rumors that Robb's social life makes Gary Hart's look monastic. (Even unsubstantiated rumors are politically damaging, as Dukakis knows all too well...
...hope to match the charisma of, say, Ronald Reagan, he is quite capable of making an ideological appeal to the broad spectrum of "average Americans" that Dukakis courted. (The one exception is Southern conservatives, who will never return to the fold unless the Democrats retreat on civil rights and social issues, which they will never...
...accordance with the social awareness focus of the series, the SAC has decided to donate proceeds from the production to the Boston Center for Independent Living, a nonprofit organization that helps people with disabilities find independent living quarters...