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...seniors who worked so determinedly for SGP had their hearts in the right place; however, their undeniably noble goal worked to the detriment of another great cause—that of ensuring financial aid for future Harvard undergraduates. By treating the two goals as mutually exclusive, the group was effectively forcing Harvard’s graduating class to decide between...
...legal complication would derive from the obsolescence of copyright law, not the law’s actual intent. After all, the bulk of copyright law was written before digitization or the Internet ever existed. In fact, the true spirit of the copyright statutes has always been to benefit, not detriment, of the academic community. Copyright law is aimed against plagiarizers and pirates, not responsible institutions providing a service for the public good. By opposing digitization, however, publishers are only engaging in an exercise in the manipulation of outdated statutes rather than the enforcement of critical regulation...
...simply combines into one complex package three hot-button issues that encourage reliance on emotion and rhetoric rather than on medical facts. The combination has permitted pro-life and disability rights activists to capitalize on visual images and strong religious beliefs to promote a broad social cause, to the detriment of Schiavo and her family...
...perceived sexism. The Faculty has made its statement—loud, clear, and in great number—that the current academic environment at the College cannot persist. The Summers controversy has brought to the surface latent hostilities that have poisoned the Faculty-President relationship to the detriment of all. The mass-airing of opinions that has resulted has been therapeutic for both sides involved, but has distracted them from longer term, arguably more pressing issues...
...schedule may allow for 24-hour access, but will it fulfill the group’s mantra? “People might be more inclined to stretch themselves,” the participant says. “Spend[ing] all night in the library studying to the detriment of their mental health...