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...COULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING’ From his roots on the reservation, Meat traveled a long way, leaving the local public system to graduate with the top award from the Berkshire School in Sheffield, Mass. He told friends he wanted to return to Leech Lake to aid in economic development after—he hoped—graduating this coming fall. Lussier’s family, also from Minnesota, was friends with Meat’s family. “Where we come from, for an Indian student to make it this far and to have the same aspirations...
While coursepack costs remained exorbitant this past year, Harvard continued to make a college education more accessible to low-income families. In April, the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative (HFAI) was expanded to eliminate the family contribution for students with family incomes under $60,000 per year and dramatically reduced the contribution of families with income under $80,000, a move that pushed Harvard far ahead of its competitors, and will hopefully generate a ripple effect across higher education. But Harvard must not neglect the students (and their) families with annual incomes too large to qualify for Harvard?...
Following the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina, the University joined schools across the country in generously opening its doors and its wallet to the storm’s victims, matching donations to charities engaged in aid and restoration of New Orleans, accepting 25 displaced students from New Orleans colleges for the fall semester, and waving tuition for these students. Harvard should be commended for its charitable contributions in the aftermath of this tragedy...
...like most of the rest of the country has had no functioning government for 15 years. During that time, southern Somalia has been ruled by warlords, who have carved the Horn of Africa nation into a patchwork of fiefdoms. The warlords fought U.S. peacekeepers sent to secure United Nations' aid deliveries during a terrible drought in the early 1990s, but some are now believed to be backed by the U.S. Those warlords have now fled the capital, or are holed up and surrounded by Islamic militias...
...leadership of Hamas has long demonstrated a keen ability to stay onside with Palestinian public opinion. That may help explain why the movement - under pressure from Arab governments to make it easier to stand up to U.S. pressure to cut all financial aid - has been debating a move toward a de facto two-state solution. But if the anger generated on the streets by Abbas's referendum ultimatum is sufficiently widespread, Hamas may decide to call his bluff - because they believe they can win the issue where it counts, in the streets...