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...students. “Who would be responsible for 24-hour treatment?” Dr. Paul J. Barreira, Harvard’s director of university counseling, academic support and mental health services, said in an interview. Barreira added that keeping a suicidal student on campus was an unfair burden to place on roommates of the mentally ill. He also said that universities would incur enormous costs providing such comprehensive treatment, which is not covered by current student medical coverage. Barreira said Harvard handles such situations on a case-by-case basis, and rarely punishes or expels students for attempting...

Author: By Alexander B. Cohn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Virginia Addresses Student Suicides | 2/27/2007 | See Source »

...history of race in America has been a power struggle between groups. Black people have not been oppressed on the basis of their individual faults; rather, individual black people have been discriminated against due to their association with the entire race. Though some individuals have managed to overcome the burdens of racial prejudice, black people are still looked down upon as a group. One of your black friends may seem trustworthy, but that doesn’t necessarily change your negative view of black people as a whole. It’s alright to have one or two black families...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Being A Token | 2/23/2007 | See Source »

...Even at Harvard I feel the burden of tokenism. Luckily, I learned how to deal with it in high school...

Author: By Lumumba Seegars | Title: Being the Token | 2/23/2007 | See Source »

...Chaser. While Benson may not have the deep pockets of his rivals, he has aerospace experience: most of the moving parts on the Mars Rover came from his shops. His philosophy? "If we want to go to space to stay, space has to pay." The taxpayers have carried the burden for too long, he believes, saying, "We have to find something in space that is profitable and use that to grow the economy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Space Cowboys | 2/22/2007 | See Source »

...hindrance. The problem will be all the greater for your peers at less widely recognized colleges, many of whom will graduate with equally large debts and without a brand-name diploma to help boost their earnings potential. For them, the price of their higher education will be a lifelong burden...

Author: By Neil Howe and William A. Strauss | Title: A Generational Imperative | 2/22/2007 | See Source »

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