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...Dudley Co-op was founded in 1958, 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...
...founded by then-Director of Financial Aid John U. Monro ’34-’35, who envisioned a means of opening the University to all students regardless of financial need. The private, non-profit organization chartered in Dec. 1957 would provide an opportunity for students to defray the cost of attending the College...
...According to its mission statement in its 1957 charter, HSA’s primary purpose was “to conduct and supervise enterprises for the benefit of students of Harvard University who are in need of financial assistance to defray the expenses of their education...
...from Baghdad University, about putting their alma mater on college apparel for several years. After working with the Iraqi Ministry of Education at the Iraq embassy in Washington, D.C. last summer, Jafar had the idea to use such T-shirts to raise money for Iraqi higher education, aiming to defray as many expenses as possible for Iraqi students studying abroad. Elizabeth A. Goodman-Bacon ’10, who recently bought a shirt, says, “I think by selling the shirts here they’ll reach younger crowds in the college scene, and students are the perfect...
...quiet disappearance.”Due to the often prohibitive costs of food and drinks, Smith said that the elimination of UC party grants made the ability to host parties an issue of socioeconomic class. For Smith’s own party, a friend helped defray the costs.“Even without the whole class issue thing, it makes it a lot less fun to be at Harvard,” Smith said.—Staff writer Chelsea L. Shover can be reached at clshover@fas.harvard.edu...