Word: strived
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...College should undoubtedly strive to improve undergraduate life, and the administration deserves credit for recent steps to develop common social spaces and encourage student-faculty interaction. What makes these initiatives laudable, however, is their commitment to tangible benefits. The same cannot be said of PR campaigns...
...answer, he writes, is in a greater creativity of approach and a greater clarity of vision. The faculty must turn ideas into action, and a university president must strive to “persuade,” “encourage,” and, ultimately, “point...
...study and discussion,” Bryant says. No rigid rules govern how the meetings are structured, and the informal atmosphere facilitates bonding among the membership.This sense of community is essential to their mission, according to members of the HRCF governing board. Even the Friday night large group meetings strive for openness and don’t follow any rigid rituals. As tightly knit as the HRCF is, they try to make their meetings as welcoming as possible. “We don’t want to be a clique,” Lee says.The HRCF is totally...
...founding father of Pi Kappa Phi at Cornell University, I was happy to learn from your article on Sigma Phi Epsilon's Balanced Man Program [Feb. 20] that other fraternities are taking steps to positively redefine their organizations. At Pi Kapp we strive to reform stereotypical frat life. Since our refounding two years ago, we have developed a strict no-hazing policy, maintaining that you can't build a man up by breaking him down. Pi Kappa Phi has its own philanthropy, Push America, an organization serving people with disabilities through fund raising, volunteering and empathy. We promote growth internally...
...core curriculum, and the first steps towards fairer wages for some campus workers—were the result of Summers’ efforts, and sometimes met with substantial resistance from him. I hope that in Summers’ absence, the Harvard community will be better able to strive for excellence and constant improvement in the kind of open and respectful environment that proved impossible to achieve under his leadership...