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...chairman of the assembly. The North and South House Committees recommended that their House delegates boycott the assembly, although both Houses called off the boycotts after the assembly agreed to poll the students on the issue. Pfeffer, who resigned her CDU membership after the poll revealed that 46 per cent of undergraduates disapproved of the idea of parties, believes "the issue has now disappeared. The CDU had completely good intentions, but it backfired and damaged the reputation of the assembly...
...aspiring to take charge and run something, Harvard Business School graduates are walking into prestigious jobs with starting salaries averaging $25,000 a year. Applications to Harvard's Law School fell 7 per cent this year, and Business School applications rose 11 per cent. Few would say the times are rough at the Business School...
...Massachusetts political upset, Edward J. King stunned Gov. Michael S. Dukakis in the Democratic gubernatorial primary, garnering 51 per cent of the vote to the Duke's 42 per cent. State Rep. Michael Connally edged Lois M. Pines in the hotly-contested race for Massachusetts Secretary of State...
Lest anyone should forget that there is not such thing as a free lunch, or for that matter free toilet paper, students learned a few days later of a 9-per-cent increase in the cost of a Harvard education, bringing the total price tag for next year to more than $8000. Parents should not despair, though, President Bok said, pointing out that current population trends meant that in "10 to 15 years," families would have fewer children to send to college...
...GSAS officials slowly mull over the changes suggested in Rosovsky's report, the outside world is rapidly pushing change on the school. The number of applications dropped this year a substantial 11.5 per cent, and the shortage forced many departments to admit more than the GSAS standard of 25 per cent of the applicant pool. More graduate students than ever before dropped out at mid-year this year to attend professional schools. While Richard A. Kraus, associate dean of the GSAS, and director of admissions and financial aid, maintains that Harvard's graduate school accepts less of its applicant pool...