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...regarding the fee increase. While the council’s aim is to increase its budget to allow for greater funding of campus events and student group activities, increasing the fee by such a large amount (more than doubling it) may actually defeat the goal that it hopes to accomplish. As the extremely close results of the referendum show, many students are not in favor of such an increase. While many may happily support the current $35 activities fee, increasing it to $75 will likely cause many to opt out of its payment. The result would be both a sense...
...have begun with an assessment of the council’s need, with the amount of the fee corresponding to the amount of the need. However, the reverse was done: the council first chose a number (originally $100), and then discerned how many events of various types it could accomplish with this budget. In fact, drafts of budgets circulated by proponents of the increase did not even consider what these events would be—they merely cited previous events, such as the hypnotist event the council held this February, and added “times...
Gross and Shah then raced to see who could first accomplish a Houdini-like escape from their restraints, to the amusement and laughter of the onlookers...
...critics say if you look beneath the surface, Brown hasn't totally delivered on its promise. McFrazier, who retired from the schools' top job last year, argues that while Brown may be a social triumph, it is an educational failure. "Brown accomplished what it set out to accomplish--to integrate schools," he says. "But has it done anything to improve academic success? No. It's failed miserably." Black students now have access to newer books in nicer facilities alongside their white peers, but as a group they still perform below white students, an achievement gap that has bedeviled two generations...
...This freshman class] could be the best class ever,” said Harvard coach Scott Anderson. “It remains to be seen [what they will accomplish], but in terms of talent, it’s certainly one of the best, if not the best...