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...spearheaded by Senator Edward M. Kennedy ’56 and other leading Democrats to increase both the number of federal Pell Grants available to college students and raise the maximum size of those awards. The proposed bill, called the “Strengthening Student Aid for All Act,” would allow more students from low-income backgrounds to seek college education while avoiding costly private loans...
...jump. “[Becky’s] not one of the most vocal people on the team,” co-captain Sally Stanton said. “But she is definitely one of the most consistently good competitors on the team.” With a tough act to follow having won the high jump at the outdoor Heptagonals and competing at the NCAA Championships, Christensen did her sophomore campaign one better, winning the high jump in the Penn Relays and taking home first in both the indoor and outdoor Heps. “[Becky?...
...government is clearly under some pressure to take some actions in an attempt to stabilize the economy, and as a consequence, recently announced a $153 billion (more or less) stimulus package that is supposed to rejuvenate the economy and stabilize the market (H.R. 5140— the Economic Stimulus Act...
...stated the issue as the ethical question it truly is. The institutionalized arrests, torture, imprisonment, murder, and other repressive features of the South African system have been discussed and re-discussed for over a decade, in these pages and elsewhere. The only remaining question is: When will the Corporation act on its self-avowed opposition to the atrocities committed daily by the South African government? By initiating a protest tactic which is centuries old but entirely new to the Harvard community, the fasters not only reinforce the pressure for divestment on the Corporation but emphasize the seriousness of their moral...
...anger in Dujiangyan presents the Chinese government with a difficult balancing act. Authorities are sympathetic toward parents and are trying not to be too heavy handed. But officials are also plainly concerned that protests could get out of control. On Children's Day, there was a huge increase in the number of uniformed policemen in Dujiangyan. At the collapsed middle school, the police didn't prevent parents from gathering and talking to reporters. Uniformed and plainclothes security officials snapped photographs of parents who spoke to journalists...