Word: vibrant
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...Sunu and her troupemates may not be ready for Saturday Night Live or The Daily Show, but groups like The Brown Standup Comics are playing a lead role in the vibrant comedy scene that is springing up on college campuses around the country. Stand-up comics, sketch comedy troupes and improv groups are performing in packed auditoriums, dormitory lounges and cafeteria halls at their own schools and occasionally taking their shows on the road to other campuses. Some colleges have even begun offering stand-up comedy courses. "The stand-up comedy movement on campuses is blossoming," says Doug Holsclaw, whose...
...elections will become a popularity contest. But this is a good thing. The house benefits far more from having sociable (read: popular) people living in party suites than it does from having decent, quiet people in them. The House’s icons are the loci upon whom a vibrant House life can be built. And they tend to cluster in rooming groups that are ideal for these suites. If students think about their own Houses, they can identify a group of roommates that is ideally suited to live in a party suite, and most of the House could agree...
...gifts go to fund only financial aid or only student life if they wish. Still, many seniors would rather donate to their Houses’ House Committees or to the clubs with which they identify. Gift proponents retort that these organizations can only exist within the context of a vibrant and diverse University. And, in any case, more specific giving also need not preclude giving to Senior Gift.For still others, the principle is whether or not they think Harvard deserves their money. Last year’s Senior Gift Plus campaign was predicated on this notion. “Plus?...
...city wants us to know they can still have a good time, they’re bouncing back already,” she said. “The fact that Bourbon Street is still vibrant is a testament to the resilience of the city, even though it was affected less...
Immigrant workers pluck our grapes, stock our shelves, grill our burgers and clean our offices--for pay that lets us keep our own wallets plumper. Moreover, their domestic labor gives their employers more time to put into higher-paying work and leisure time. A vibrant laborer population could even create white-collar jobs, says Daniel Griswold, an immigration expert for the Cato Institute--say, for hotel managers hired to oversee expanding staffs. "Immigrant workers," he says, "make the economy more flexible, more dynamic...