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...March 21 Max, a student at Bunker Hill Community College, received a letter from Harvard explaining, with regret, their decision to postpone transfer applications. Presumably the decision not to admit transfer students this spring was the result of much deliberation, but not enough consideration was given to the consequences of finding out so late in the year. Max’s story is exceptional in many ways; his frustration and confusion at Harvard’s belated policy change is demonstrative of the degree to which this decision requires further review and explanation...
...year. For many of these students, Harvard’s decision may be only a minor setback, but for others in less stable situations, like Max’s, the decision is potentially life altering. We don’t pretend to tell Harvard whom it can and cannot admit; ultimately, the housing crunch meant that some hard decisions would have to be made. Nonetheless, the current applicant pool deserves more than just a reimbursement. The damage has been done, but Harvard still needs to disclose some more compelling reasons for putting an end to transfer applications...
...admit it. I pity rising Winthrop seniors. The prospect of sharing one cot that rolls out of a basement custodial closet with four blockmates isn’t pleasant. But n-6 housing doesn’t mean we should give transfers...
...embroiled in an alleged political corruption scandal and recently announced his resignation. Meanwhile, the Cabinet itself, which used to serve as a presidential advisory board, no longer serves as much of anything. There hasn't been a truly important Cabinet meeting since Bill Clinton gathered his aides to admit his lapses with Monica Lewinsky; the meetings are increasingly rare and heavily ceremonial, which makes sense, because what CEO in his right mind would invite 21 executives to a substantive meeting? Bush already knows his plans for Iraq; he doesn't need the opinion of Susan Schwab or Stephen Johnson...
...schools are getting safer, that fewer than 1% of teen gun-related deaths occur in schools--it's because many of us float our children off to school in a bubble, grateful to live in a wholesome town--"We are America," Santee Mayor Randy Voepel declared--and unwilling to admit that the danger could follow us no matter where...