Word: applauding
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...applaud city’s efforts to reach at-risk individuals in the Square and to include the Pit within the umbrella of many existing social service programs. It is only through more attention to the Pit, rather than attempts to close it down, that tragedies such as Nachtwey’s death can be avoided in the future...
...heavier by the sizeable tuitions of Harvard graduate schools and the high cost of living in Cambridge. Fortunately, President Lawrence H. Summers has recently pushed to dramatically improve financial aid at the graduate schools. A program of full funding will undoubtedly be expensive and its implementation complex. Still, we applaud Summers for his bold commitment to making financial aid a University-wide priority...
...original Senate debate was a model of bipartisan compromise in response to Sept. 11, an effective step to place national security above political bickering. We applaud the Senate’s unanimous approach in recognizing the importance of having federal personnel at airports to protect air passengers and all Americans...
...applaud the history department’s recent decision to make concentration credit easier to receive, and we hope other departments will follow suit. The University should recognize these problems and work to create an organized process for granting appropriate credit for academic work completed out of residence...
...applaud the current push to improve study abroad at Harvard, and we hope that the meetings among faculty, administrators and students result in changes to the current study abroad system. As these reforms are implemented, opportunities for foreign study must also be heavily marketed to first-years, who have enough time to plan ahead and to take advantage of the unique experiences to be found abroad. Improved study abroad programs will allow a great number of students to experience the world outside of Harvard, and to obtain the broad education that a global university should provide...