Word: meaninglessness
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...formally with first-years—like prefects—should not be forced to restrict themselves to providing “information,” as opposed to actual advice. The College and the departments must take this leash off of upper-class students. The rule is largely meaningless, but its mere existence might inhibit upper-class students from expressing their opinions candidly. Additionally, since first-years can conceivably compare the advice of several undergraduates with different interests, a compilation of honest advice will better help first-years than any guarded “information...
Though Lewis’ recommended changes are meaningful, the awards they concern are largely meaningless. Ninety-two percent of upperclass students were on the Dean’s List last year, and 67 percent earned either John Harvard or Harvard College Scholarships. Because these honors are awarded to so many students, the lists become notable for the people they exclude rather than those they include...
...gets worse for Minnie. Living in a house geared toward alcoholism and drug use, with a completely non-functioning mother, Minnie spirals rapidly downward, desperately searching for something to fill her emptiness. At first she indulges in meaningless sexual encounters with boys at school. Then, helplessly, you read her thoughts as she falls in love with a downtown lesbian, Tabatha, who introduces Minnie to heroin, and eventually pimps Minnie out to whomever will supply them with drugs. One atrocity follows another in this poor girl's life, where even the suicide prevention operator ends up abusing...
Like ours was, their recitation is almost involuntary, rendered meaningless through habit. I try to think now about what it means, but I can’t remember the words unless I say it out loud...
...bargaining is dead, at least in America. Yet one beloved area bagel chain promises that services are negotiable. Now no one knows the allure of a catchy, meaningless rhyme more than the FM staff, but could this truly be a sham? Can an honest man finagle nothing these days? FM investigates...