Word: want
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...Heinz, the point of the awards isn't just handing out money - although a six-figure check goes a long way in the weakly compensated world of environmental science and activism. Rather, she wants us to see those winners as role models at a time when news of the environment can seem unremittingly dark. "This is a message of hope," says Heinz. "I want this to push people into action...
...chairs in the Yard and the Quad for a combined total of about 20 days in the entire school year. Much cheaper to bring blankets and sit on the grass. Nature is in. 12) A class of 2013 convocation because the freshman still want more “pomp and circumstance,” so we give them a ceremony just to make them happy. 11) Self-locking doors installed—because we can’t lock the doors ourselves? If you refuse to lock your door, don’t complain about getting your stuff stolen...
...back from an administrative retreat in Scottsdale, Arizona. It’s really a brilliant move if you consider two things. First, the local yard sale and Craig’s List economy needed an injection of seating instruments and scrap metal. Second is that all those times I want to sit and chat with friends and can’t make it to the student center in the quad, Lamont, the Barker Center, Greenhouse, a dining hall, a common room, or the steps of Widener, I can just hang out in the Yard. The good news...
Difficulty Level: Low Physical Activity Level: Medium, if you consider crying and screaming physical activities Drunk Factor: You won’t want to remember this. Blackout...
...phrase describes the idealized standard of beauty whose realization is upheld in Western culture as the end-all task of being female. Yet, despite the myth’s devastating implications—self-loathing, eating disorders, bodily mutilation via plastic surgery—no woman wants to be patronized into giving up eyeliner and lipstick. Nor does she want to be told that her low-cut blouse shows that she’s been hoodwinked into a patriarchal conspiracy intended to keep her perpetually insecure, perpetually plucking, and, therein, perpetually tame...