Word: spiriting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...that the heart of Harvard is not in the pomp of its buildings, but rather in the vibrant campus community that inhabits its hallowed halls. Thus, if we are to truly celebrate the success of our University's fundraising campaign, the best possible investments would be made in the spirit of improving life for the students, the faculty, and the staff. A student union, an improved fitness facility and increased wages for Harvard workers are only three of the current issues demanding attention. Furthermore, these options would directly and unequivocally improve life for Harvard citizens...
...Alaska: Spirit of the Wild" opens at the IMAX theater in the Museum of Science. Showing daily at 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 3, 6, 8 and 10 p.m. $7.50 for adults...
...that the heart of Harvard is not in the pomp of its buildings, but rather in the vibrant campus community that inhabits its hallowed halls. Thus, if we are to truly celebrate the success of our University's fundraising campaign, the best possible investments would be made in the spirit of improving life for the students, the faculty, and the staff. A student union, an improved fitness facility and increased wages for Harvard workers are only three of the current issues demanding attention. Furthermore, these options would directly and unequivocally improve life for Harvard citizens...
...beat: the strength of its residential college system. Both Harvard's Houses and Yale's colleges were inspired by the colleges at Oxford and Cambridge, but Yale has surpassed Harvard in achieving the goal of vibrant social and educational communities within the larger university. You see it in the spirit of the Elis at The Game, where inter-college rivalry nearly surpasses their animosity towards Fair Harvard. Yale has a popular residential college seminar program in which undergraduates propose the courses and instructors; contrast that with the poorly-publicized smattering of House seminar offerings at Harvard. Intramural athletics in Yale...
...deny that House spirit exists today. A handful of Houses have done a remarkable job holding onto their existing traditions or creating new ones. Lowell has its opera and masters' tea; Kirkland has "incestfest" and the House boat club; Adams its masquerade and gong (flawed as it is as a symbol of exclusion); and Pforzheimer has revived Quad spirit on the wings of its Pfunny name. But the availability of House-based activities is wildly inconsistent across the Houses, and there certainly isn't any spirit or rivalry in the House system itself. Cabot residents may be very enthusiastic about...