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...also said that giving to the Senior Gift helps get soon-to-be alumni into a beneficial habit of contributing to their alma mater...
...Harvard-educated Sedgwick has also been accused of bias because of his alma mater...
...sophomore named Lane MacDonald won that year's tournament MVP and Harvard went on to defeat St. Lawrence 6-3 to take home the play-off trophy. MacDonald was later acquainted with Hobey Baker in that 1989 NCAA championship season--an impressive double, but his alma mater has a defenseman who is poised to accomplish the dual feat in one year...
...infinite wisdom and foresight to pick two people, each with their own spouses and homes, who both live in New Orleans and have children very close to my age. And my aunt had the good sense to pass down the genes for attending Loyola University in New Orleans (the alma mater of my mother and my aunt) to my same-age cousin Anne. They all have a strong sense of Southern hospitality...
Saddled with this fear about the future of my soon-to-be alma mater, I consulted one of the Senior Gift organizers in my house. (They're not hard to find around campus; there are 31 organizers on the letterhead alone.) This fellow senior allayed my fears. Harvard will probably survive without my $35, she reassured me. In fact, as I learned later, Harvard could easily get by without the entire Senior Gift. Last year, the Class of 1993 displayed its class spirit by handing over a not-so-whopping $41,000 to Harvard. To put that number in perspective...