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...very concerned about the bias of many of your articles. As a racquetball player, I am constantly frustrated by the number of ping-pong articles not only in your magazine, but in Harvard publications in general. As I am sure you will be running numerous articles about the burgeoning realm of racquet sports in the future, please consider the issues from a balanced perspective...
...result of this slight bias in favor of the early pool has been that students have been applying early in record numbers, forcing high school seniors to commit to schools before they truly have a chance to make as educated a decision as possible with regard to picking the right college. And with more of the decisions being made early on in senior year, students are losing the chance to show improvement during their last year in high school...
...council's major roles is to allocate money to student groups. Every year, the finance committee receives many funding applications from various student groups. This money is allocated on the basis of need: The finance committee and the council make a conscious effort to avoid bias in deciding the funding amounts. This process is used to make two types of grants: grants to groups for general expenditures and project-based grants. This process should remain objective and its integrity is protected by the council constitution
...adore having daughters in every respect but one: we have drastically different tastes in toys. When Zoe was born almost 11 years ago, I truly believed I would raise her with no gender bias. So I tried to give my precious daughter, and later her unparalleled sisters Ella and baby Clementine, the kinds of things I enjoyed as a lad--plastic dinosaurs, soldiers, guns that shoot real projectiles, and of course anything that involves a remote control. In other words, the fun stuff...
Berkowitz claims "bias and conflict of interest" on the part of several ad hoc committee members made the review process unfair and violated Harvard's own internal guidelines...