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Police and FBI officials were as mystified as the management of Sotheby's. The gem, known as Lot 296 and owned by a consortium of Japanese businessmen, had been protected by armed security guards and videocameras that snapped pictures every ten seconds. Nonetheless, when a customer asked to examine Lot 296 more closely, a startled Sotheby's clerk found in its place a cheaper diamond substitute (value: $10,000), apparently dabbed with pink nail polish...
...that have decided to award merit scholarships say they are helping needy students as much as before. Some officials nonetheless fear that in time the disadvantaged will not get enough aid. Says Dan Hall, dean of admissions at the University of Chicago: "Society really misses something when an elite consortium of schools attempts to buy the brightest students...
...survey, supervised by psychology professor C. Hess Haagen, director of the Consortium for the study of Premedical Education and its Outcomes at Wesleyan, surveyed 687 male and 377 female seniors--as well as a sampling of non-premeds--at Amherst, Bowdoin, Haverford, Middlebury, Swarth more, Wesleyan and Williams...
Relations between Barnard and Columbia are becoming more and more intimate. After six months of negotiations, officials at both colleges announced on February 28 that they will form an athletic consortium beginning in September...
Barnard coaches and athletes said they believe the consortium between Columbia and Barnard will lead to a superior women's athletic program for both schools...