Word: boredome
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...narrow Puritanism is passing, and few mourn it. But the feeling of relief is mixed with growing unease and doubt: How will the current avalanche of porn change America? Many who oppose censorship now wonder if the mounting taste for porn is a symptom of decay, of corrosive boredom, of withdrawal from social concern for obsessive personal pleasures. Even those who argue that it is not harmful to the user, and that people ought to be free to do what
...stagnation within the GSD, which in many ways grows from budget balancing moves that have boosted the ratio of student to faculty from 8.3 to 1 in 1969 to 11.5 to 1 this year. For example, the visiting committee record refers to the panel members' "impression of a pervading boredom and lack of excitement." Similarly, the minutes indicate that "several members" saw a need to find a new dean who can "stimulate the sense of purpose and mission which the committee found lacking in both faculty and students, as well as to attract a higher caliber of faculty...
...minutes, which have been withdrawn by the visiting panel, include discussion of the desirable qualifications of a new GSD dean and cite "a lack of ability to fulfill rhetorical objectives...a lack of administrative and academic leadership.. mediocrity of academic output and apparent student and faculty boredom...
...atmosphere of the School; the theme of boredom...
...their discouragement with attempts to increase the degree of communication between architecture faculty and students. They described an atmosphere of secrecy pervading departmental decision-making, resulting in rumors and frustration with last-minute information. Architecture students perceived a lack of dialogue, a lack of objectives, and a sense of boredom in the faculty. Professor Anselevicius, however, expressed the opinion that student-faculty relations in the department are close, especially in the design studios. Concerning the issue of boredom, Professor Soltan stressed that design is not now in an heroic period and that the environment is not emotionally charged...