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...financial aid so the impact may not be too great, but we’ll need to see the final numbers,” Mora said. Currently 700 undergraduates receive Pell Grants at Harvard, and parents who earn incomes less than $60,000 are not expected to pay their children??s Harvard tuition. Even though the proposal’s $7.3 billion increase affects aid programs other than Pell Grants, experts and financial aid providers said they were still concerned that the nation’s rising tuition will compound the effects of cutting financial aid programs...
...Best Actress: Penelope Cruz, “Volver”; Judi Dench, “Notes on a Scandal”; Helen Mirren, “The Queen”; Meryl Streep, “The Devil Wears Prada”; Kate Winslet, “Little Children??Embodying Queen Elizabeth II, Mirren has demolished the competition and stands alone as the one to beat. Cruz, whose English language films like “Vanilla Sky” and “Sahara” have never showcased her talent, has been recognized for her work in Pedro...
...endocrinology department of Boston Medical Center (BMC), is seeking to educate children diagnosed as pre-diabetics about health issues and motivate them to change their lifestyles in order to prevent the onset of type-2 diabetes. The new program, called STRENGTH and set to launch this semester, will target children??especially those from low-income families—with chronic medical conditions such as obesity. The program will provide its participants with mentoring in group sessions and on an individual basis with college student volunteers to reduce their risk of developing diabetes. “Our curriculum...
...inhumane business practices abroad. Coke has robbed farms and communities in India of precious groundwater and allegedly condoned the assassination of union leaders in Colombia. Nestle has capitalized on the fears of HIV/AIDS-infected mothers in Africa, urging them to buy formula for their children, which often results in these children??s deaths because of missed nutrition from the lack of breastfeeding. The only way that I can tangibly influence the market against its apathy toward today’s awful business practices is by altering my decisions as a consumer, and so that is what I have tried...
...bittersweet consolation of outgrowing your favorite children??s books is the chance to revisit them as adults with keener eyes. One of my own pet series of grade-school readers featured Amelia Bedelia, a bonneted and primly smocked English maid with a shaky grasp of her own native language. Much to the chagrin of her employers, Mr. and Mrs. Rogers, Amelia comically (and sometimes catastrophically) misinterprets their housekeeping instructions, thanks to her literalist approach to language...