Word: disinterest
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William H. Bossert '59, master of Lowell House, says student disinterest in house activities discourages many tutors from making an extra effort to forge bonds...
...surplus reached $49 million, Kerrey withdrew from politics as suddenly as he had entered. "I had accomplished what I wanted to. It was time to move on," he says simply. Scott Matter, whose party regained the state house thanks to Kerrey's decision not to run, thinks his sudden disinterest is typical and unsettling. "He's got a short attention span," says Matter. "He's opportunistic. He could get bored with the Senate too." Kerrey concedes the point. "I could," he admits. Observes pollster Hickman: "He could walk away from politics and have a very fulfilling life. He takes issues...
...press' questionable coverage of Black issues affecting both the national and international communities. He specifically spoke of the distorted reporting and deliberate lack of coverage of Black political campaigns in the U.S. and struggles for empowerment in African nations. Perhaps the press' neglect can be attributed to the general disinterest of the American public at large in minority issues; and perhaps this is the public to which the press feels it must cater. This does not, however, excuse The Crimson for its own version of skewed reporting in its May 9 issue...
Surprise, Surprise In one of the least shocking moves to date of his one-month tenure as athletic director, former men's hockey coach Bill Cleary '56 this week appointed Associate Coach Ronn Tomassoni as his successor. Team reactions ranged from total disinterest to utter lack of surprise...
...giddy moment of multi-cultural promise passed all too quickly. Only three weeks later, an elaborate, College-sponsored program specifically for Harvard titled AWARE--Actively Working Against Racism and Ethnocentrism--flopped because of student disinterest, non-attendance. Billed as a means to work out mounting racial tensions on campus and targeted largely at the white community, the week of activities was supposed to help resolve "racism among the well-intentioned...