Word: avoiding
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Throughout their campaign last December,Stewart and current council Vice President SamuelC. Cohen '00 called for "tangible results,"including increased student services and studentgroup funding. They pledged to avoid longpolitical council debates...
...magazine. The Institute of Politics' room for undergraduate officers reveals a lived-in disorder; at Hillel's student lounge, final clubs and the Advocate, undergraduates while away the hours. These spaces often look more disheveled than dignified, something those designing the Barker Center and Loker tried very hard to avoid. Students choose to spend their time in spaces set up for students--spaces with a design that demonstrates the value placed on undergraduate input...
Other students who have worked in the White House said they would avoid the publicity Larson has invited...
...line. But we do know how uncomfortable it is when the owner of the wet pile of clothes you're removing from the washing machine suddenly comes up behind you. "Oh, are those my clothes?" he says, halfway between annoyed and embarrassed. "Sorry," we say, slinking away. We'll avoid that guy for weeks. Next time, we'll try doing laundry in the middle of the night on a weekday...
Even if an ethnic organization manages to avoid the first difficulty by including an educational or cultural component in every event, a second obstacle to promoting diversity arises. When students outside of an ethnic group see the name of an ethnic organization on a poster, they assume they aren't invited. Here the only solution is universal targeting. Ethnic organizations must emphasize that their activities are aimed at all students. This means that publicity for events should extend beyond e-mail announcements, and distribution of selective incentives such as newsletters, pamphlets and sign-ups, should attempt to be more inclusive...