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...three roommates enjoy what few other undergraduates can claim: singles, a spacious common room, and a skylight to brighten the days in Cambridge’s dreary winters...
...nearly 30 years after the creation of the House system, as a way for financially-strapped students to defray their costs of living. It has inhabited the same two buildings throughout its entire lifetime—the one on Sacramento St., where the kitchen, dining room, and common spaces are located, and another a stone’s throw away at 1705 Mass...
...seniors graduate this week and reflect upon their academic life at Harvard, they may ask themselves the question: How well has Harvard taught me to understand others in my world?Those in math, engineering, and the sciences have learned a common language with which to communicate with fellow practitioners across the globe. Those in the social sciences cannot boast such concrete understanding, but Harvard’s Social Studies program has gone a long way toward promoting international concerns. Those in the humanities, however, may despair—although they may know everything there is to know about postwar Georgia...
...serious roadblock to this mission stems from the structure of the private student loan industry. The common practice of private loan corporations entering into partnerships with universities to be listed as “preferred lenders” has a deleterious impact on students. This year, the Department of Education issued new federal rules aimed at curtailing financial exploitation. Though these new policies were well intentioned, they were also more lenient than many state regulations already in place. The federal intervention could weaken current state laws and undo the accomplishments of New York State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo...
...This story does not fit the common image of Iraqis, but the Iraq of my grandmother is just as real as that of radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. Every nation is built on a story that explains its past to its own people and the outside world. But the story of every nation is complex. Iraq, like any other country, must be understood as a combination of many stories, and not only those that grab headlines...