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Whatever good that might be accomplished by giving large amounts of homework is undermined by the devastating toll it takes on students' attitudes toward learning. It causes resentment, distaste, guilt, fatigue, disinterest and apathy toward all things academic. I'm afraid the long-term effect on students' morale and joy of learning may do more harm than good. ROBERT W. FISHER Cleveland, Tenn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 15, 1999 | 2/15/1999 | See Source »

...self-effacing modesty demanded of and assumed by these superstars explains some of our disinterest. And, of course, childish envy must also, reluctantly, be admitted. But along with modesty and envy, a more important reason explains our resistance to place the accomplished on a pedestal. Simply, it is nearly impossible to determine who the Big Men on Campus are in a fragmented, complex community like ours...

Author: By Rustin C. Silverstein, | Title: The Eclipse of the Campus Superstar | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

Speaking of blatant disregard, randomization was a unilateral decision on the part of the University to implement a non-choice housing program that the majority of students had clearly and consistently opposed. Such paternalistic action on the part of the Administration, displaying clear disinterest in student voice on the issues that most intimately and regularly affect our lives, is a mockery of our intelligence and maturity...

Author: By Talia Milgrom-elcott, | Title: Randomization Reassessed | 4/20/1998 | See Source »

What does the relative silence of The Crimson on the unfolding scandals in the White House indicate? Fatigue? Disinterest? Distraction? Embarrassment? Please take a deep breath and give the situation some fresh attention...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wake Up to Clinton's Abuses | 4/17/1998 | See Source »

...present leadership does not involve the members in decision-making about our wages, benefits and working conditions. The logical result? A mounting disinterest, apathy and dissatisfaction, as well as a lack of communication, solidarity and activism. Our few membership meetings in recent years have not been used to conduct union business with democratic agendas, discussions, motions and votes according to normative union practice; as a result they are not perceived as productive uses of our time. Many of us have not attended a HUCTW membership meeting for years...

Author: By Thompson E. Potter jr., | Title: HUCTW Workers, Unite! | 3/5/1998 | See Source »

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