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...travel group. For many, "Club Olivia" offered a vacation from invisibility, circumspection and a nagging sense of otherness. Though Boullianne, 34, and his partner of 11 years, Olivier De Wulf, 41, live in San Francisco, where otherness is a sanctioned way of life, travel can present a problem. Kids tend to be unwelcome at gay hot spots where partying and pairing up, not potty training, are on the agenda. Likewise, gays may feel unwelcome at kid-friendly spots where traditional-family-values proponents might not value their nontraditional families. Playing it straight isn't comfortable either. "There's some element...
...help students become more confident and compelling speakers. Admittedly, many students have the chance to practice their oratory in section discussions and extracurricular activities. But without specific focus on these skills within the curriculum, practice does not necessarily translate into progress. Those students who are already comfortable speaking tend to speak up while those who are uncomfortable stay silent. By formally integrating the oral component, Expos would help more students learn an essential life skill...
...should be on the writing program to adapt more so than the concentrations. The report recommends that “concentrations make instruction and feedback on written and oral communication an integral part of the concentration program”—a worthy objective, especially since tutorials, which tend to focus on written and oral instruction, are among students’ premier academic experiences. But not all concentrations, especially engineering and hard sciences, can afford to create tutorials that focus exclusively on writing and speaking. Although concentrations should be encouraged to incorporate oral and written components, they should also...
Students also shouldn’t hesitate to contact HUCEP even if they’re walking in groups. Students, being social animals, tend to walk around campus with their friends. Encouraging groups to use HUCEP would lend a relaxed air to the service, which would make students more...
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