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Turning her attention to a recent financial crisis that has brought unprecedented losses to Harvard’s endowment, Faust affirmed the University’s commitment to its financial aid program—a pledge that she has made on multiple occasions in the past few months...
...becoming an issue of communication. Communication towers and lines have gone down, whole communication systems have been devastated," which made it difficult to assess conditions and target relief efforts. He also acknowledged that given the breadth of the emergency, some municipalities had been slow in receiving aid. "There's a level of frustration at the local level, and that's completely understandable, but we're currently assessing how best to assess what capacity we need, and how best to move in the equipment that will provide enough electricity...
Perhaps no one in the state was more frustrated than Randell Smith, the emergency management director of Grayson County in western Kentucky, who told the Associated Press Friday that they had yet to receive any aid from either the Federal Emergency Management Agency or the Red Cross. As for the 25 National Guardsman who had arrived in his county, Smith said they did not have any of the equipment needed to clear away fallen trees. "Disgusted" was the word that the mayor of Leitchfield, Ky., William Thomason, used to describe his frustration with state and federal officials...
...would certainly have an effect on the way in which potential applicants view these rankings nationwide. Moreover, Harvard’s position as one of the nation’s preeminent universities would inspire other schools to follow suit, in the same way that Harvard’s financial aid initiative last year inspired Yale and Stanford, among others, to implement similar policies. The world of higher education is so diverse that ranking schools according to a standardized system fails to provide an accurate representation of many schools. These rankings have become increasingly important in many applicants’ decisions...
...Mitchell's wish is not necessarily going to be Israel's command. Outgoing Israeli Premier Ehud Olmert is refusing to open the Gaza borders, despite calls by the international aid community to lift the 19-month long blockade. Olmert wants to link the lifting of the siege of Gaza to the release of an Israeli soldier, Corp. Gilad Shalit, held captive in Gaza for over two and a half years. Hamas counters that it will only release Shalit in a trade for hundreds of Palestinians held inside Israeli jails...