Word: trivialization
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Let’s address the trivial issues first. Grade inflation is a problem throughout the College, so it seems rather unfair to single out one course. Since “all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,” and West is far from a dull man, it would make sense that not all his ventures, such as the infamous CD, are going to be of a no-nonsense nature. Though West’s support of the Rev. Al Sharpton’s presidential campaign may understandably face debate or criticism, as citizens...
...even just the confused emotions that often result from unprotected, casual sex can act as a ruinous deterrent to one’s college career. We, along with our families, have all sacrificed so much to get to Harvard. Why jeopardize our health, studies or sanity for something as trivial as random play? The attitude of young adults needs to change so that sex is not seen as compulsory before graduation, and so that those who abstain are not mocked for their decision. College, despite what we are often led to believe, can be about more than keggers and blowjobs...
...humor is so carefree. In fact, every year I attend I am always surprised at the no-holds-barred nature of the satire. Students always take advantage of the opportunity to produce biting caricatures, condemning the professor who belittles students’ questions as “trivial,” or doesn’t cover material on problem sets until weeks after the sets are due or doesn’t really know the material at all. Crucially, the skits also provide an outlet for criticism of students’ treatment in research labs. For example, the most...
...Celebrities were idiotic before and Mariah Carey will continue to post idiotic things on her website,” says Borowitz. “The right to be trivial is protected in wartime. You cannot work and be serious all the time. We will laugh again, maybe not at Zoolander, but we will laugh. People are scared and skittish but the laughter will...
...something missing from our cover headline "One Nation, Indivisible"? Many of you thought so. "You should have included the words 'under God,' just as in the Pledge of Allegiance," wrote a disappointed reader from Maryland. "It may seem trivial to the media, but the U.S. was founded on faith in God." "Never in the history of our country have we needed these words 'under God' more than now, but you didn't have the heart to include them," wrote a man from Georgia. And a Pennsylvanian warned, "I think we have been shown, big time, what happens when we leave...