{"id":49,"date":"2010-01-18T21:49:03","date_gmt":"2010-01-19T02:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/undiscussed\/?page_id=49"},"modified":"2010-01-18T21:49:03","modified_gmt":"2010-01-19T02:49:03","slug":"individual-actions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/undiscussed\/actions\/individual-actions\/","title":{"rendered":"Individual Actions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tBelow is a list of individual actions suggested by previous groups. They&#8217;re mostly small, but then again, most groups have said that &#8220;Change is something you must do on your own&#8221; and &#8220;individuals need to be the one to initiate change&#8221;. Small changes can affect the ethos of this campus. So if you feel strongly that Bowdoin could be a more connected, cohesive community,\u00a0 we dare you to just try one of these ideas.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Bowdoin Hello: <\/strong>Remember Orientation and President Mills\u2019 speech about the Bowdoin Hello? Let\u2019s define what it means, make reminders easily accessible, and actually do it. Say \u201cHi\u201d to everybody you pass today. Know them a little better? Ask them how hockey or their gov class or the rest of their weekend is going.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lunch Dates: <\/strong>Several groups had this idea: \u201cLunch dates\u201d \u201cLunch with a stranger or someone you wouldn\u2019t normally cross paths with\u201d \u201cOne-on-one interactions \u2014 set up people who normally wouldn\u2019t cross paths, or set up friends with friends and have them do the same.\u201d Ask an acquaintance to lunch and get to know them.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Strong Individuals: <\/strong>\u201cEncourage strong individuals to encourage their friends to try new things and social scenes with them\u201d.\u00a0 We dare you to be a strong individual and encourage your friends to also step out of their normal routines a bit.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Think About Your Own Attitudes and Actions: <\/strong>Do you choose to act in a way that acts against the things about Bowdoin culture that drive you crazy? For example, if you think Bowdoin could use more dating, &#8220;make it normal for people to be able to go out on dates&#8221; through what you do and say.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Don&#8217;t Be A Coward: <\/strong>&#8220;Encourage risk&#8221; &#8220;We need more conversation on the campus.&#8221; &#8220;Talking and not being afraid of being politically correct&#8221;.\u00a0 Take the type of conversations you had in the Undiscussed and ask tough questions when you see or hear something that doesn\u2019t make sense to you. If somebody seems to be coming from a completely different place than you, try to understand their viewpoint rather than glossing over it. Be uncomfortable.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Don&#8217;t Be Lame: <\/strong> All of these ideas could be summed up as this: Don\u2019t be lame. It\u2019s easy to get comfortable at Bowdoin. Don\u2019t be lame. Try something new once in a while \u2014 watch a sport you\u2019ve never seen before, invite somebody a little outside your normal sphere to hang out, go to a concert that\u2019s not quite your scene, accompany a friend to a party with their theater friends. And if somebody invites you to try something new, don&#8217;t be lame. Say yes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below is a list of individual actions suggested by previous groups. They&#8217;re mostly small, but then again, most groups have said that &#8220;Change is something you must do on your own&#8221; and &#8220;individuals need to be the one to initiate change&#8221;. Small changes can affect the ethos of this campus. So if you feel strongly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":39,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-49","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/undiscussed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/undiscussed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/undiscussed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/undiscussed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/undiscussed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/undiscussed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/undiscussed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/undiscussed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}