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...Sometimes our constant questions cause friction between groups within the house. But worse...stigma--we have to prove ourselves because the University institutions--including this paper--treat the Quad as inferior. It's a constant battle with a reputation which the administration, organizations, and non-Quadlings perpetuate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Getting to Know Your House | 4/7/1986 | See Source »

...situation brought to my attention by General Mills (Wheaties) in the form of a $5,000 bonus. I got it too." He has been wondering if the strikeout hasn't been devalued since then. "Not striking out used to be a moral victory. There just isn't as much stigma to swinging and missing anymore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Dr. K Is King of the Hill | 4/7/1986 | See Source »

...only objectively fair system--also the only one which would remove permanently the stigma of living at the Quad--is to have every student do at least a year-long stint up Garden Street. The easiest way to do this...

Author: By Jennifer A. Kingson, | Title: Notes of a Lottery Watcher | 3/20/1986 | See Source »

Students could be ranked by grade group, the top minds--with first crack at the choices--most likely opting for the river houses where they would closer to classes. But under this system the Quad would gain an additional stigma: "I live at the Quad" might become...

Author: By Jennifer A. Kingson, | Title: Notes of a Lottery Watcher | 3/20/1986 | See Source »

This portrait of the student as conformist and joiner provides a dramatic contrast with the bitterly anti-Establishment days of the Viet Nam War and its aftermath. Then, to join a fraternity or sorority--with its typically upper- middle-class stigma and perhaps a bigotry clause or two in the charter--was definitely out. Memberships slumped, while dozens of fraternity and sorority houses closed their doors. "It was 'do your thing,' " recalls Mimi Turrill, 36, a Pi Beta Phi who graduated from the University of Colorado in 1970. "Women's lib was coming to the fore, and sorority women were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: New Look for the Thriving Greeks | 3/10/1986 | See Source »

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