Word: reflections
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...without the voice of American youth. In the last presidential election, less than a quarter of us voted, and similar results are expected for this one. Only 30 years after the voting age was lowered to 18, are we voluntarily relinquishing our political voice? The issues being focused upon reflect our apathy. Candidates expect our vote to be trivial, and are focusing on issues directed at an older demographic. Issues of campaign finance reform and health care seem far removed from our everyday lives. In essence, our inaction has created a vicious cycle which threatens to drive our voice...
...that dominated the American new-music scene after World War II. Unlike such devotees of dissonance as Milton Babbitt and Elliott Carter, they happily embrace traditional tonality, the harmonic language of most Western music, from Bach to rock. "I don't believe in the cliche that art has to reflect its times--that since we're living in a horrible age, our music has to rub your face in it," says Liebermann...
...performance is any indication of how well he will play this weekend, senior netminder J.R. Prestifilippo will take his spot between the pipes to head up a revamped defensive unit. Prestifilippo's .893 save percentage and 2.96 GAA are not indicative of his superb goaltending abilities, and do not reflect a newly revamped defensive strategy that has worked well for the Crimson in its past four games...
...January 1999, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences' Committee on Advising and Counseling published a report on the status of advising in the College. The report aimed to "spur deficient departments to reflect on their sins" and learn from the more successful concentrations...
Furthermore, laws pertaining to marriage have been revised several times during our country's history to reflect the nation's changing values. With the increasing visibility and acceptance of homosexuals and homosexual cohabitation, it only makes sense that our laws be changed to reflect changing mores...