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• n  the act of orienting
• n  an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs
• n  position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions
• n  a predisposition in favor of something
  showed a Marxist orientation
• n  a person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships
• n  a course introducing a new situation or environment

• Joan Derrah, a lesbian who kept her sexual orientation to herself during her Naval career, recalls how the "don't ask, don't tell" policy led to a rise in interest regarding .
• They were diverse except for sexual orientation.
• Lastly, the story originally reported that 22% of gay and transgender students who claimed that they had been assaulted because of their sexual orientation said the incident wasn't .

• predilection
• preference
• orientation course

News & Articles

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• Students welcomed at Chico State's Summer Orientation
  CHICO — Chico State University's Summer Orientation program launched Tuesday, welcoming freshmen, transfer students, and their parents and guests to the campus.
  June 12, 2013 - Chico Enterprise-Record
• Freshman orientation sessions commence
  A new crop of freshmen took the first steps in their college careers on Monday, as the first day of Orientation began.
  June 11, 2013 - The Daily Iowan
• Orientation for new KU students begins Monday
  The University of Kansas begins orientation for new students Monday, the university said in a news release.
  June 10, 2013 - The Wichita Eagle

Quotes

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• Ellen DeGeneres in Forbes
  What a wonderful night, such diversity in the room,said Ellen DeGeneres, serving as Oscar host for the first time, "in a year when there's been so many negative things said about people's race, religion and sexual orientation. And I want...
• Bill Richardson in International Herald Tribune
  Let me be clear - I do not believe that sexual orientation or gender identity happen by choice,Richardson said. "But I'm not a scientist, and the point I was trying to make is that no matter how it happens, we are all equal and should be...
• Kate Capshaw in AFP
  By writing discrimination into our state constitution, Proposition 8 seeks to eliminate the right of each and every citizen in our state to marry regardless of sexual orientation,Spielberg and Capshaw said in a statement quoted by Daily...